>You have many people who believe Trump told his supporters to drink bleach in other to fight coronavirus.
Indeed, he merely suggested to inject bleach in order to fight the coronavirus [1]. Of course afterwards he said that was sarcastic, but even if that was true it's not really much better.
Wow, it's hard to listen to these cringy old politicians rambling for more than a minute so I might have missed it later but but is this what you're talking about?
"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 or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs and it would be interesting to check that. So you're going to have to use medical doctors but it sounds interesting to me."
He's talking about medical research or trials. He's probably confused about what they told him or doesn't understand how it would work, but he's talking to some doctor or scientist off screen about what they've just told him is being worked on. He didn't suggest people inject bleach, he was asking about medical trials.
Is that really what the whole "he told people to inject bleach" scandal was based on? Surely not. As far as gaffes go it's not even that bad is it? What's so bad about it?
While it's not as bad as telling people to inject or drink bleach, I think it's still pretty bad. First, politicians should be really careful what they say because some people will only half listen to them.
Second, seriously, the president of the United States is suggesting such ridiculous things? He should realise that what he's suggesting is insane and either have them clarify it beforehand or just keep his mouth shut. And if it's just a joke the timing is totally inappropriate.
> While it's not as bad as telling people to inject or drink bleach,
In your previous post you said it was suggesting people inject bleach though. Now it's not?
> I think it's still pretty bad.
Why is it bad?
> First, politicians should be really careful what they say because some people will only half listen to them.
No that's ridiculous. They should be careful in what they say, but not because people only half listen. And zero people out of 300 million injected disinfectant into their bodies after watching Trump ask this doctor about the research they were conducting, believing it would help them.
And if anyone actually did, it would have been because they heard a lie from a "news" corporation claiming that is what Trump said.
> Second, seriously, the president of the United States is suggesting such ridiculous things?
He suggested that medical research be done on some treatments or lines of investigation or promise that he'd obviously just been briefed on. He probably did the usual politician thing and got confused about highly technical details. Which is a cringy thing lots of politicians unfortunately do. Not all that outlandish though.
> He should realise that what he's suggesting is insane and either have them clarify it beforehand or just keep his mouth shut. And if it's just a joke the timing is totally inappropriate.
I'd much rather that than more wars and interventions and regime change though. Strange how this absolute nothing was lied about and propagandized by many who were so quiet about those other things. Makes you think.
Indeed, he merely suggested to inject bleach in order to fight the coronavirus [1]. Of course afterwards he said that was sarcastic, but even if that was true it's not really much better.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33QdTOyXz3w