Trump couple had COVID-19 vaccination at White House in January

Trump speaks before the closing of CPAC on Feb. 28, 2021.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump (Trump) and his wife have received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it has been confirmed.

An unnamed source told the Epoch Times that both Trump and former First Lady Melania received the COVID-19 vaccine. It is unclear which company Trump received the vaccine from, but in January there were only two licensed vaccines in the U.S., Moderna and Pfizer. Both vaccines require two injections several weeks apart, meaning the former president and first lady likely had a second shot in late January or February.

Drug regulators approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-injection vaccine on Saturday (Feb. 27).

In his first post-presidential address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida on Sunday (Feb. 28), Trump praised the development of vaccines under his administration, noting that Joe Biden was vaccinated before Christmas before he was inaugurated president.

“He got the vaccine. He forgot about it. This shows you how painless vaccination can be. So please, everyone, get vaccinated,” Trump said, adding that Biden had falsely claimed there was no federal program to distribute and administer vaccines before he was sworn in.

“By the Time I left the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, nearly 20 million Americans had been vaccinated. One and a half million doses were administered on my last day at the White House alone. Yet Biden said a few days ago that there were no vaccines in the White House when he arrived there”, Trump added.

Speaking on whether Trump would have been vaccinated late last year, Surgeon General Jerome Adams noted the antibodies against the virus that Trump developed while battling COVID-19.

Adams said, “This is actually a situation where we’re telling people maybe you should delay vaccination and talk to your health care provider to figure out the right time.”

Many officials say even people who have recovered from the disease should be vaccinated, albeit with some degree of immunity for a period of time.

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany had told reporters in Washington in December 2020 that Trump would vaccinate as soon as his health care team was determined, but his focus was on front-line workers, those in long-term care facilities, and he wanted to make sure vulnerable people received medical vaccinations first.