That's the one thing I was disappointed at with trump is that he deferred to the "medical experts" when they were lying to his face. I think he suspected it. However the states were responsible for the lockdowns for the most part and the call for it was a global one. Pushed by global elites who want to kill everyone. Many countries had their own lockdowns and many politicians taking kickbacks ignored common sense to feed at the pig trough of big pharma. It was really quite amazing to see almost every news outlet, government agency and business shout in unison the exact same words with no alternative viewpoint allowed. I couldn't even enter a store unless I wore a mask and (if I didn't) I was surrounded by store employees harassing me without listening. Like a mass brainwashing event.