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A slight mischaracterization (doctors should do it, instead of people should do it themselves), and the original does not make Trump look any better. Edit: Loo
by DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
A slight mischaracterization (doctors should do it, instead of people should do it themselves), and the original does not make Trump look any better.
Edit: Looking again, OP did not misrepresent Trump's comment at all. Trump did clearly recommend that doctors try injecting disinfectants (including bleach) into patients.
- whymauri 6y agoThat's what I find most incredible about this thread and the confidence of the person denying something Trump said on the record. It hasn't even been a year and we're already forgetting the dumpster fire that was the original response to COVID.
- sofixa 6y ago"alternative facts" As someone said, we're living in the post-truth era.
- concordDance 6y agoWho denied anything Trumo said on record?
- concordDance 6y agoI think it's important to differentiate saying X should be investigated as a treatment and X is a viable treatment. When I hear "Trump recommending bleach injections" what I, and I think most people, understand from it is Trump recommending everyday people inject themselves with bleach as a cure for covid, not Trump saying doctors should investigate whether injecting bleach would cure covid. And the former is clearly not what Trump was communicating
- timmytokyo 6y agoHow does anyone read what he actually said and not instantly think "moron".
- concordDance 6y agoI can (and did) also think that, but that's not relevant here.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoThis was during the peak of the first wave, in mid-April 2020. The president was up on stage improvising about how injecting patients with bleach or isopropyl alcohol might be a good treatment. I think most people were just shocked that a man who would even consider that as an idea had somehow become president of the most powerful country on Earth.