Trump is now claiming that his question about ‘disinfectants’ yesterday was sarcastic:
#NEW President Trump clarifies his coronavirus disinfectant comments & if people should inject it:
"No. Of course not…It was said sarcastically. It was put in the form of a question to a group of extraordinary hostile people. Namely, the fake news media."pic.twitter.com/GleiHmoAXv
— Jennifer Franco (@jennfranconews) April 24, 2020
Here’s more from Fox News:
President Trump on Friday insisted he was being “sarcastic” when he seemingly suggested that household disinfectants could be used as a treatment for the novel coronavirus.
After signing the nearly $500 billion “phase 3.5” coronavirus stimulus relief bill into law, the president was asked about comments he made during Thursday’s coronavirus task force briefing.
“I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you,” Trump said. “Disinfectant for doing this, maybe on the hands, would work. I was asking…when they use disinfectant it goes away in less than a minute.”
He added: “I was asking a very sarcastic question to reporters in the room about disinfectants on the inside…that was done in a sarcastic way.”
Trump didn’t sound sarcastic to me at all yesterday as he was asking the question. And he wasn’t facing reporters, he was facing Bill Bryan, who gave the interesting presentation yesterday on killing the coronavirus.
It almost sounded to me like Trump was doubling down on his comments even though he was claiming them to be sarcastic. Whatever. I give up.