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To the commentor below, since I can't seem to reply directly: > Bryan said Last I checked, Bryan wasn't Trump.

klyrs 7y ago
Immediately after Bryan provided the context that you just noped, Trump said: > And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. You're saying he's saying "nothing" but in fact he's suggesting that disinfectant injections are worth trying
stronglikedan 7y ago
To the other commentor below (no idea why I can't reply): Okay, I'll play along. Here's part of that quote, "is there a way..." When someone merely asks if there's a way, I don't interpret that as them suggesting anything, since a question isn't a suggestion.
- klyrs 7y ago
  You see a person pushing on a door, and it won't open. You say "have you tried pulling?" A rhetorical question can, in fact, be a suggestion. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319030/should-a-suggestion-have-a-question-mark https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319030/should-a-...
- ModernMech 7y ago
  It appears that your charitable "good faith" interpretation is in fact wrong, as Trump now claims he was sarcastically asking the question to rile up reporters: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coronavirus-inject-disinfectant-quote-a9483151.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... So for all this talk about examining context and intentionally interpreting the President's comments in an unfavorable light, he was in fact being disingenuous and sarcastic. He wasn't "merely" asking a question. He was trolling. BTW, this is why people are so eager to not take him at face value.
  - stronglikedan 7y ago
    Yeah I saw that. Lol. Doesn't dismiss or invalidate my previous interpretation, but it is indeed no longer my current interpretation.

Immediately after Bryan provided the context that you just noped, Trump said: > And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. You're saying he's saying "nothing" but in fact he's suggesting that disinfectant injections are worth trying

stronglikedan 7y ago

To the other commentor below (no idea why I can't reply): Okay, I'll play along. Here's part of that quote, "is there a way..." When someone merely asks if there's a way, I don't interpret that as them suggesting anything, since a question isn't a suggestion.

klyrs 7y ago
You see a person pushing on a door, and it won't open. You say "have you tried pulling?" A rhetorical question can, in fact, be a suggestion. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319030/should-a-suggestion-have-a-question-mark https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319030/should-a-...
ModernMech 7y ago
It appears that your charitable "good faith" interpretation is in fact wrong, as Trump now claims he was sarcastically asking the question to rile up reporters: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coronavirus-inject-disinfectant-quote-a9483151.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... So for all this talk about examining context and intentionally interpreting the President's comments in an unfavorable light, he was in fact being disingenuous and sarcastic. He wasn't "merely" asking a question. He was trolling. BTW, this is why people are so eager to not take him at face value.
- stronglikedan 7y ago
  Yeah I saw that. Lol. Doesn't dismiss or invalidate my previous interpretation, but it is indeed no longer my current interpretation.