He’s trying to win a presidential election against a well-funded, well-organized psychos who will literally stop at nothing and employ any tactic to see him lose.
He’s saying what he needs to say to win over gullible sheep and idiots who think wearing masks helps, and that it’s good that an entire summer of people’s lives has been cancelled and economies destroyed because it’s “saving lives”. Not to mention scarring the minds of a generation of children whose lives and development is “on pause” because of this fraud.
He’s trying to get votes.