Trump is driven through New York City on March 9. | James Devaney/GC Images

Trump’s base is remarkably vaccine-hesitant, so what he says about vaccination matters.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed getting a Covid-19 vaccine during his most recent Fox News interview — kind of.

In classic Trump style, he tried to have it both ways in response to Maria Bartiromo’s question about whether he would advise viewers to get one.

“I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly,” he said during the Tuesday phone interview. “It is a great vaccine. It is a safe vaccine and it is something that works.”

But Trump’s endorsement was not unequivocal. Immediately after recommending his supporters get vaccinated, Trump offered an