President Donald Trump on Tuesday night raised the notion of Americans developing herd immunity to the coronavirus, which he referred to as a “herd mentality.”

Speaking at an ABC town hall event, Trump repeated his claim that the virus was going away.

“It’s probably gonna go away now a lot faster because of the vaccine,” he said. “It would go away without the vaccine.”

Host George Stephanopoulos seemed incredulous by that comment.

“It would go away without the vaccine?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“Sure,” Trump replied. “Over a period of time. Sure, with time.”

“And many deaths,” Stephanopoulos said.

“You’ll develop like a herd mentality,” Trump explained. “It’s gonna be herd-developed and that’s gonna happen.”