Okay, let's see if I can simplify this further, because your unwillingness to think critically is evidently not so easily overcome.

Trump said his Russia connection was a hoax. He said the impeachment was a hoax. He loves the word. And if I accept that he did not directly say the words "the pandemic is a hoax" you will immediately climax, so I'm hesitant to do so, but I will spell this out for you in more detail.

He, the president of the United States of America, asserted that the concern for the pandemic and his complete disregard for the severity of the matter, was a "Democrat hoax."

He did it in front of crowds and in interviews, all I'm sure broadcast to his minions.

Now. You say that? Nobody gives a shit, there's no impact, nobody is listening. But the man holds the highest office in the most powerful nation on the planet. His most ardent followers are the least informed AND the most misinformed. They heard "the pandemic is a Democrat hoax."

It is beyond frivolous and spectacularly pedantic to argue that his is absolved of all responsibility for that phenomenon because he may not have uttered the words in the sequence that you assert is necessary to find fault, and if that doesn't register with you, it is absolutely your right to take that stance. But folks like me are bored to tears with this meaningless exercise by now.