President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory for Americans.

'I don't believe I'd ever do a mandated vaccine, because I just don't think I would do that, where you have to have it,' Trump told Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network's 'Varney & Co.' 'Because there are some people who feel strongly about the whole situation.' 

The president called into the show Thursday morning and spoke for about 45 minutes, giving himself high marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic that has left 217,000 Americans dead and complaining that his immunity from contracting the virus again may not be for life.