After Donald Trump suggested during a White House press briefing on Thursday that perhaps medical experts should look into some sort of “injections” of “disinfectant” might be a possible treatment for COVID-19, Trump walked those remarks back saying he was just being ‘sarcastic.’ “I was asking it sarcastically to reporters just like you to see what would happen,” Trump said in the Oval Office today. You can see the Trumpster pull the ‘sarcastic’ card in the first tweet below along with his video of his actual comments during yesterday’s press briefing where he clearly directed his questions about disinfectant to his medical experts.
Here's a mashup of Trump claiming today he was just asking "a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room" when he mused about disinfectant injections as a possible coronavirus miracle cure, followed by the original clip showing beyond a doubt that he was not doing that. pic.twitter.com/wby4ucd59Q
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 24, 2020
“I was asking a sarcastic, & a very sarcastic question, to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. But it does kill it.” — Trump tries to rewrite history, says he was speaking “sarcastically” when he mused about disinfectant injections being cure for Covid. pic.twitter.com/bWRU8EV6FZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 24, 2020
Fox host: Trump says he was being sarcastic when he talked about injecting disinfectants. Your thoughts? Bret Baier: “Well, that’s not how it looked in the briefing… it didn’t seem like it was coming off as sarcastic when he was talking and turning to Dr. Birx on the side” pic.twitter.com/XbdJXLg2WT
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 24, 2020
Asked about his comments about injecting disinfectant, Trump says, “I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen.” That’s just a lie. Here’s the transcript. pic.twitter.com/uLx0KnPTZ6
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2020
Not sure about you, but I definitely ran to the market and bought new smoothie ingredients, as suggested by the Asshat-In-Chief. 🤦🏽♂️ Adirondack Waterfall sounds good, right?? pic.twitter.com/PqT7pEcMEV
— Steven Canals (@StevenCanals) April 24, 2020
I had to. pic.twitter.com/AgfaeIZl0M
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) April 24, 2020