Trump Says His ‘Injecting Disinfectant’ Comments About Covid-19 Were ‘Sarcastic Question to Reporters’ (VIDEO)
#BREAKING: President Trump says remarks about heat, light, disinfectant were sarcastic: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen." https://t.co/lPysHfFKBb pic.twitter.com/mtY7dZgNnj
— The Hill (@thehill) April 24, 2020
- Trump Says His ‘Injecting Disinfectant’ Comments About Covid-19 Were ‘Sarcastic Question to Reporters’ (VIDEO)
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US President Donald Trump laughed off the idea that he had advised Americans to inject themselves with bleach to fight coronavirus, telling reporters at the White House the remarks were meant to be a sarcastic question to them.
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The president was addressing the newest DHS study, about the effects of sunlight and common disinfectants on the virus on surfaces, at the daily press conference on Thursday, when he wondered if “something like that” could be done “inside” people.
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Just about every media outlet reported on the remarks as if Trump was advising Americans to ingest disinfectant. Asked about it on Friday, as he signed the $484-billion coronavirus aid package, the president categorically denied giving such advice and said he was asking a “sarcastic question” of the reporters present in the White House briefing room.
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NEW: Just now at the PPP bill signing, @weijia asked the President to clarify his comments about injecting disinfectants. The President said he was posing a sarcastic question to reporters, and claimed he didn't ask medical experts to look into this.
From the WH transcript–> pic.twitter.com/EFbgjie1ae
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) April 24, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump went back and forth in the Oval about disinfectant. He repeated perhaps it would be useful to treat people with the virus along with getting light inside the body, but when pressed then said of course he was not encouraging people to ingest disinfectant pic.twitter.com/BFDzksMVgS
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) April 24, 2020
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