President Donald Trump abruptly exited his daily White House press briefing Friday without taking a single question, after digging an increasingly deep hole over his comments about treating coronavirus patients with powerful disinfectants. The event lasted just 22 minutes, with Trump sharing the stage with other officials instead of holding court for up to two … Read more
The White House put out a corrected transcript of the Thursday evening coronavirus task force briefing Friday morning with just one revision to a comment that initially made it seem Dr. Deborah Birx was touting heat and the light as a treatment for coronavirus. During the briefing, Donald Trump urged that sunlight and heat and … Read more
President Donald Trump said Friday he was being ‘sarcastic’ when he asked government officials to study the idea injecting disinfectants as a possible cure for coronavirus. He said he wasn’t being serious when he asked his coronavirus task force coordinator and another official took study the proposal, and claimed he was jousting with reporters – … Read more
Social media users have ruthlessly ridiculed President Donald Trump‘s suggestion that injections of disinfectant could be used to treat coronavirus patients. Trump brought up possible treatments including ‘injecting’ cleaning agents in the body and use of ultraviolet lights at Thursday’s White House press briefing. Twitter erupted after the president made the baffling claims, with one … Read more
Social media users have ruthlessly ridiculed President Donald Trump‘s suggestion that injections of disinfectant could be used to treat coronavirus patients. Trump brought up possible treatments including ‘injecting’ cleaning agents in the body and use of ultraviolet lights at Thursday’s White House press briefing. Twitter erupted after the president made the baffling claims, with one … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against using the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine on coronavirus patients outside of hospital settings or clinical trials. President Donald Trump has hailed the drug, which also is used to treat arthritis and lupus, as a ‘game-changer’ for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The federal … Read more
‘I’ve heard some crazy things in my life but this is probably one of the craziest’: GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones mocks Donald Trump’s idea to inject people with disinfectant or blast them with light to beat coronavirus Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant to fight coronavirus Dr Hilary Jones called the president ‘completely and … Read more
Armed anti-government protesters descended on the state capitol in Kansas while supporters of President Trump did the ‘MAGA dance’ near a large float outside the governor’s mansion in Lansing, Michigan, on Thursday as protests continued against state-mandated closures of businesses during the pandemic. Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order … Read more
Donald Trump publicly squabbles with Tony Fauci saying ‘I don’t agree with him’ after doctor warned U.S. testing capacity needs to ‘significantly’ ramp up President Trump was asked at the White House briefing about comments Dr. Anthony Fauci made earlier Thursday about U.S. testing capacity Fauci appeared at a ‘Time 100’ livestreamed event and said … Read more
President Donald Trump proposed unorthodox new treatments for the coronavirus at Thursday’s White House press briefing – including the use of ultraviolet rays and injections of cleaning agents into patients. Trump, who studied finance and real estate but touts his gut instincts about medical and scientific issues, brought up possible treatments including ‘injecting’ cleaning agents … Read more