As US President got infected by the deadly virus, it made him understand how people every now and then are getting infected by this pandemic. Now that he got infected by Covid-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation, seven months into the pandemic and after almost 210,000 Americans died, is not the first time he has relied on personal experience to shape his views.

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He admits he now “understands” the virus. But because of his own knowledge, as a patient at one of the nation’s finest medical facilities with treatment options available to very few, the president also strengthened that he has fought to relate with everyday Americans, millions of whom have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus. Instead, as he has in relationships with other countries, he has prioritized his own personal experience over that of experts. He has been opposed, for instance, to call out Russian President Vladimir Putin over meddling in American elections in the face of clear evidence from the US intelligence community that it has occurred.

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He has also drawn regularly on his experience with the business world or his own family to set the White House agenda. He called his business intelligence as helping him land a deal for the US Embassy in Jerusalem, and he said he understands the airline industry because of his time running the suspended Trump Shuttle. Despite months of advice from the nation’s leading infectious disease experts, it was the onset of his own symptoms, as he was brought low by a lethal virus, that he said gave him a greater understanding.

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