President Trump has often said he’s knowledgeable about science and medicine, but he is not a doctor, which is why many were alarmed when he said in a coronavirus press conference people should inject disinfectants into their bodies to fight the virus. Chris Cillizza explains.
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Hey, Chris here — what questions do you have about coronavirus?
@Trigger Warning Yeah but here, we breed stupid. Band aid solutions are all you have?
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@Trigger Warning no one said to do that
@Peterbilt Pilot
I know TRUMP never said to do that , but cnn and other liberal media are trying to make it sound like he did.
Did you feel like a complete moron making the video of you finally emerging from your basement? It’s unbelievable people still believe this BS.
If someone needs to tell you injecting bleach is a bad idea you have bigger problems. 😆😆😆
@Lumastrisk says the moron still believing cnn 🤤 https://youtu.be/48IYINAlZG8
R Mcdud I agree. So you should talk to his supporters about that.
You know that tap water contains chlorine?
Lumastrisk um injecting yourself with disinfectant isn’t a treatment
Well apparently some of Trump’s followers listened to him and are now dead.
If it comes up, do not irrigate farm fields with Gatorade either.
Robert Lindeman but it has electrolytes
@Retro 😁 That movie should have been required viewing. We might not be in hell right now.
If you really believe that’s what he “meant” then you truly are a special kind of stupid. All this is, is trump derangement syndrome. I will definitely agree he used a poor choice of words but he was talking about using “some kind of disinfectant” he didn’t say lysol or bleach or anything like that now did he. The light he was talking about is a type of disinfectant and is actually a real thing and is in the process of being studied.
https://youtu.be/8fh4LfUc-AI
You just hate his guts plain and simple and you’ll jump at any chance to ridicule him. So this virus is more deadly and more contagious yet only about half as many people have died from it that have died from the regular flu. Id say someone is doing a fucking great job keeping us safe. Plus those numbers are fake anyway because the hospitals are getting money from the government to treat those with covid. So if you die of cancer or a heart attack and you just happen to supposedly have the virus in your system they say you died from the virus. Don’t believe me look it up.
@Gale Daniel moron
@Gale Daniel If you have 1 bucket with 2 gallons and 1 bucket with 4 gallons, how many buckets you got? Don’t hurt yourself.
“What if laughter is actually the best medicine”…
@xiaoka omg yes make the funny stop its literally killing us 😲😞
@Ivtec proof you cant fix stupid 🤦🏾
Then Trump’s moronic antics would have cured cancer given how much the entire world laughs at him.
Try kalonji seed
Gerardo Argueta – I HEARD THIS TOO.
“The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.”
― Robert A. Heinlein,
@FTW ][][][% Retardican sheep believe anything trump says you people have a hitler/stalin fanaticism,faux news is your church and trump is your god.
If you really believe that’s what he “meant” then you truly are a special kind of stupid. All this is, is trump derangement syndrome. I will definitely agree he used a poor choice of words but he was talking about using “some kind of disinfectant” he didn’t say lysol or bleach or anything like that now did he. The light he was talking about is a type of disinfectant and is actually a real thing and is in the process of being studied.
https://youtu.be/8fh4LfUc-AI
You just hate his guts plain and simple and you’ll jump at any chance to ridicule him. So this virus is more deadly and more contagious yet only about half as many people have died from it that have died from the regular flu. Id say someone is doing a fucking great job keeping us safe. Plus those numbers are fake anyway because the hospitals are getting money from the government to treat those with covid. So if you die of cancer or a heart attack and you just happen to supposedly have the virus in your system they say you died from the virus. Don’t believe me look it up.
@Gale Daniel Yet another Trump Zombie heard form. And Jim Jones put cyanide into the Kool-Aid and told his people it was their salvation.
@Canundrum Sixnine they must have been libtards because not one single conservative believed for one second that he meant to inject household cleansers. Only libtards with trump derangement syndrome are harping about his poor choice of words.
@Gale Daniel Not so sure about that … you’d have to check the voter registration of all the calls to poison control over the last 48 hours.
Regardless, Only a Child believes that their word have no consequences and that “Taksies-backsies” is a good way to erase what has been said.
Political Party aside, only a fool believes that what comes out of the mouth of the President of the United States has no power of Consequence. He has a history, throughout his administration of saying things then trying to deny saying them or trying to say it wasn’t what he meant.
The simple solution is to think before speaking, which seems to be difficult for him, he reacts, he doesn’t consider his words first.
Chris- lets stop reporting on this clown. This news is last week. And to the CDC- why answer these phone calls from people asking if it’s all right to inject Lysol/disinfectant? People who call regarding that is um… what’s the word I’m looking for? Oh right. They are dumb / trump supporters. #removetrump #dumptrump #letsbesmart
Because it and HE are insane????👹😠😡 I wouldn’t take the “medical” advice od ANY politician on either side much less him! But sadly there are people who have and will. Its pure insanity.
I hadn’t noticed before but he said all that in a way that it’s clear he talked with them about it at a meeting before the briefing! That makes it even more crazy.
Trump’s strategy for loosing the 2020 election:
1, Encourage Trump supporters to cluster together during a pandemic and protest (thus increasing COVID-19 exposure amongst themselves)
2, Trump encourages people to drink or inject themselves with household cleaning products, resulting in many of his supporters taking his advise
3, Large numbers of Trump supporters die from either contracting COVID-19 or drinking household cleaning products
4, So many Trump supporters/voters die, resulting in Joe Biden winning 2020 easily
“His addiction was to courses vain;
His companies unlettered, rude, and shallow;
His hours filled up with riots, banquets, sports;
And never noted in him any study’
Any retirement, any sequestration,
From open haunts and popularity.
William Shakespeare.
why Trump’s Medical advice is dangerous? how about…. HE’S NOT A DOCTOR!!!!!
Hey cnn…how about covering the biden sexual harrassment scandal?
PA G Why not it worked at the ballot for Trump. Classy telling me to die because we have differing opinions though
PA G No he could be a Republican with moral values not afraid to voice his opinion on Trump. I applaud him if that’s the case.
Capt’Wes Starwind He clearly has a tribal mindset I know plenty of conservatives and or non left people who don’t like Trump.
Jake Sorrentino Trump 2020
Jake Sorrentino Trump 2020
He didn’t give advice.
Let them drink bleach. Maybe that’s how they were meant to check out. Why should we stop them?
Why hasn’t CNN covered Tara Reades story yet?
@Jake Sanservino Sorry, bruh, but my TDS isn’t severe enough to see Trump actually getting any dirt on Biden. Well, whatever let’s you sleep at night.
@Piromyśl I agree about reporting it from CNN but tbh this case is exactly as ford even tho she reported it long time ago. Why Now? When biden is running for president (I’m not voting for him, and I do believe hes corrupt) point is both parties Republicans and Democrats have an agenda and that is reporting facts in there benefit, just like fox defending kavenough and now attack biden. And it’s not just the media but also politicians being involved into this kinds of allegations, I wouldn’t be surprised both democrats and Republicans being involved in both cases kavenough and biden. what I mean about being involved I mean like this situation when biden or kavenough start ranking up, politicians or powerful people start giving money to ford and like this lady for their lawyers at the right time for their own benefit. That’s the truth.
Maybe they can do a side by side comparison of Biden’s sexual abuse allegations and Trump’s sexual abuse allegations?
Piromyśl it isn’t TDS, it is trumps exact words. “Can you do me a favor” “investigation into the Biden’s” I worry about you. Look at the facts
jc 7394 May I ask who u are voting for then?
Sad thing is that people did listen to him and did drink cleaning liquids
Stephanie Peterson Sad thing is that the TidePod challenge happened long before Corona.
As much as I care for my fellow American, it is absolutely ridiculous that people would take this advice for face value. The lack of independence. The amount of ineptitude. As a fellow American with more sense than a dog, you will die if you put that stuff in your body. As a savage, I feel for the folks listening to this big fat old joke, drink up, inject. The whole 9, please. You’ll clear up resources.
“I was being sarcastic, so….mean, nasty, powerful, big strong crying tough guys, many, many, hoax, Sleepy Joe, Nancy dancing, beautiful letters, Obama, my friend Xi, we’ll see, we’re looking into it, very soon, disappear, like magic, like cleanse the inside and are you ready, are you ready for this? Most people don’t know this, many friends, you’re fake” – Apply, Rinse, Repeat
The only upshot with Trump’s advice is it will clear out all the cretins who take him seriously.