President Donald Trump expressed optimism that there would be a coronavirus vaccine by the conclusion of 2020.
'We are very confident that we are going to have a vaccine by the end of the year,' he said Sunday night.
Trump made the comment to Fox News Channel hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, who were hosting a virtual town hall Sunday night from the Lincoln Memorial.
President Trump said that there would be a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020 at the Fox News Channel virtual town hall where he answered questions from the Lincoln Memorial
The president took part in a town hall event on Fox News Channel with Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum at the Lincoln Memorial
The Sunday evening town hall used video questions from Americans to continue strict social distancing protocols
Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin watch as President Trump participates in a live Fox News Channel virtual town hall
President Trump was joined by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (left) and Vice President Mike Pence (center left) for the end of the two-hour town hall
President Trump and the Fox News Channel hosts can be seen seated near the feet of Abraham Lincoln
New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is seen talking on her phone at the Lincoln Memorial as the president participated in a Fox News Channel town hall at the monument
During the two-hour Q&A, where Americans asked Trump questions via video, he was joined by Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for the last 30 minutes.
Hope Hicks, Trump's longtime aide who recently rejoined the White House, and new Chief of Staff Mark Meadows were seen at the president's side during commercial breaks.
The president's new press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, was also on hand.
Throughout the town hall, he came back to his claim that the coronavirus vaccine was coming in 2020.
'We think we'll have a vaccine by the end of this year. And we're pushing very hard. We're building supply lines now and we don't even have the final vaccine,' Trump said.
He pointed to Johnson & Johnson as one company making a dent.
'Many companies, I think, are close,' he told the Fox News Channel hosts.
Admitting that it didn't sound like his usual 'America First' rhetoric, Trump answered, 'I don't care,' when asked how he would feel if another country developed a successful vaccine first.
'I really just want to get a vaccine that works,' the president said.
He added that the U.S. was working alongside Australia and also the United Kingdom, and brought up Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who became extremely ill from COVID-19.
'He thought it was over, it was vicious,' Trump said.
President Trump is photographed beneath the Lincoln Memorial as he participates in a Fox News Channel town hall
The entrance to the Lincoln Memorial was tented for the president's trip to the monument. Part of his motorcade is seen out front
Counselor to the president Hope Hicks (left), who recently rejoined the administration, and new Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (center, speak to President Trump during a commercial break during Sunday night's Fox News Channel town hall
President Trump's motorcade prepares to leave the White House Sunday for the short drive to the Lincoln Memorial
Treasurey Secretary Steven Mnuchin (center, blue tie), Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (center, red tie) and Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany (in red) are spotted arriving at the Lincoln Memorial for President Trump's Fox News Channel town hall
A White House photographer is seen as President Trump's motoracade departs for the Lincoln Memorial, a short drive from the White House
President Trump is seen from his motorcade as he travels between the White House and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Sunday
President Trump's motorcade sits to the side of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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