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adolph 9 hours ago

I didn’t think President Donald Trump could possibly beat the infamous “inject bleach” press conference from 2020 for unhinged insanity

You know a claim about Trump is insanely wrong when Snopes debunks it.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-inject-bleach-covid-...

bloomingeek 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

<THE PRESIDENT: Right. And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you're going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds — it sounds interesting to me.>

I'll never forget the look on Dr. Deborah Birx's face after this was said.

j4coh 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He only said we should look into injecting disinfectants to cure Covid, not to actually do it. The full quote is a bit incoherent it’s hard to say what he was actually thinking - the one thing we can probably all agree on is it would do a tremendous number on your lungs if you injected disinfectant into them:

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. So I asked Bill a question that probably some of you are thinking of, if you're totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light — and I think you said that that hasn't been checked, but you're going to test it. And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way, and I think you said you're going to test that too. It sounds interesting.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY BRYAN: We'll get to the right folks who could.

THE PRESIDENT: Right. And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you're going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds — it sounds interesting to me.

bloomingeek 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Whether you're defending THE PRESIDENT or not, I can't tell. But what sane person in that powerful position, when the whole nation is troubled about what's really factual, hint/say something this incredibly stupid?

j4coh 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Is being incoherent a defense against being incredibly stupid? It’s just the most relevant part from the linked article. I think his own words speak for themselves.

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seeEllArr 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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iJohnDoe 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Snopes concluded: Mostly false.

IMHO, mostly false isn’t insanely wrong.

adolph 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That Snopes rated the claim at all, much less rated it mostly false, is what makes leading an advocacy piece with it insanely wrong.

sjsdaiuasgdia 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Snopes sets a weird standard of "he didn't say that Americans should go inject bleach."

Regardless, saying that injecting bleach might work and should be studied is an incredibly stupid thing to say.

Snopes is only saying that he didn't say a very specific stupid thing. He still said a (very slightly) different stupid thing. It's not much of a defense.

dr-smooth 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, Snopes is really missing the point here. When people point to this idiotic drivel that he spoke in a press conference, their point is not that "oh my god, he told everyone to inject bleach, this is going to cause mass injury and is terrifyingly dangerous".

I think most who point to this statement, they see it as evidence of how pitifully stupid this man is.

So for most people who like to talk about this statement, it's still true -- it's like a 3rd grader is spitballing on how to solve a pandemic.