April 25, 2020
Trump's Disinfecting Lungs Story
This from Tim McNabb:
I watched the video from the exchange. I think Trump intended to summarize some high-level stuff from a previous briefing, and bobbled it a bit.
I have no trouble accepting that the intent was to encourage people - what I heard was that good things were in the pipeline for treatment.
What the media heard was "Stoopid Trump Sez Inject Yourself with Bleach and Lysol" and the hysterics were off and running.
I rather wish that Trump had not tried to backpedal...a simple "I kind of made a hash out of describing some promising possible treatments" but that would not be Trump.
However, those in the media who are quite unfairly mischaracterizing the intent and the actual words are the ones doing harm. If you actually believe that the President was recommending and IV drip of Pine-Sol then you need to take a deep breath and reconsider how you interpret things.
I imagine most people who are not just having fun (I love the Clorox Chewables meme) but seriously think this is the intent of the President are probably just hearing the media's characterizatio
I watched the video from the exchange. I think Trump intended to summarize some high-level stuff from a previous briefing, and bobbled it a bit.
I have no trouble accepting that the intent was to encourage people - what I heard was that good things were in the pipeline for treatment.
What the media heard was "Stoopid Trump Sez Inject Yourself with Bleach and Lysol" and the hysterics were off and running.
I rather wish that Trump had not tried to backpedal...a simple "I kind of made a hash out of describing some promising possible treatments" but that would not be Trump.
However, those in the media who are quite unfairly mischaracterizing the intent and the actual words are the ones doing harm. If you actually believe that the President was recommending and IV drip of Pine-Sol then you need to take a deep breath and reconsider how you interpret things.
I imagine most people who are not just having fun (I love the Clorox Chewables meme) but seriously think this is the intent of the President are probably just hearing the media's characterizatio
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