I was about give an incredulous 'are you fucking kidding me' response but then I read your post a second time. I was also going to reply that I didn't say "Dem politicians" but I realize I used the word Democrats with a capital D several times, and that's my error. I was speaking of democrats, lower case "D," meaning the talking heads on TV, the print media, and of course all you fine anti-Trump denizens of the CR and other fellow travelers inhabiting this forum's equivalent on other websites from sea to shining sea. I fucked that up, derailed from the original point I was trying to make, and so I'll own that. I also didn't say you were "supposed" to do anything at all. When something he says causes a stink, no member of the media on either end of the spectrum is going to present that without a positive or negative spin, so it seems to me that it's just a good idea to listen to the quote directly from his lips.
All that said, I stand by my original assertion. Trump did not call Covid-19, the coronavirus itself, a hoax.