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NWF_Renim said:

I still can't believe he said that.

That's because he didn't. The transcripts are clear that PotUS Trump never suggested actually injecting/ingesting disinfectant.

The transcript of the relevant parts (emphasis added):

THE PRESIDENT: 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.

As for the UV light, such therapy is called "ultraviolet blood irradiation", it's a well known but very old method that was replaced with antibiotics, although recent studies (before this pandemic) revealed that it had capabilities outside of what antibiotics do better. Getting it inside the body is as simple as fiber optics. However, he quite clearly deferred to the need for testing.

As for the disinfectant, he simply asked a question about it (note the use of 'is') and quite clearly indicated it was something that would have to be left to doctors.
Furthermore, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn actually followed up and defended this question.

Dr. Stephen Hahn said:

So I think the data that were presented at the press conference today were really important in terms of what kills the virus, and I believe the president was asking a question that many Americans are asking, which is, 'okay, this is what kills the virus, it's a physical agent, in this case UV light. How could that be applied to kill the virus, for example, in a human being?' We have plenty of examples in medicine where light therapy has been used for treatment of certain diseases, so it's a natural question that I as a doctor would have expected to hear from someone as a natural extension of the data that were presented.

PotUS Trump himself followed up on the disinfectant comment to Jon Karl, reporter for ABC:

PotUS Trump:

It wouldn’t be through injections, you’re talking about almost a cleaning and sterilization of an area. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t work, but it certainly has a big effect if it’s on a stationary object.

This is quite clearly NOT 'a go and do this thing which I have said numerous times needs testing'. He's also correct here, disinfectants do have a big effect on the Corona Virus when on stationary objects - ergo non-living things.
Of course, this is going to get downvoted to hell but (his snippy war with the press aside) hate the guy or loathe the guy, it's disingenuous to claim he advised ingesting bleach, injecting lysol, or anything of the sort.

He defended the question because he doesn't want to be sidedlined like any other official who questions Trump's crazy shit. For what its worth, I gave your comment an upvote since it is well researched.

Regardless, Trump took the same tone with the anti-malarial medication and other drugs while saying to 'test' them while he internally directed his admin to secure and spread it.

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Saladofstones said:

She defended the question because she doesn't want to be sidedlined like any other official who questions Trump's crazy shit. For what its worth, I gave your comment an upvote since it is well researched.

Regardless, Trump took the same tone with the anti-malarial medication and other drugs while saying to 'test' them while he internally directed his admin to secure and spread it.

Minor note: Stephen Hahn is a guy.

Main point: While, yes, but at the end of the day directing the use of an Anti-Malarial Medication (which pre-existing preliminary studies were suggesting could have effect) is not the same as telling someone to drink bleach or inject Lysol into your veins.
It's roughly analogous to comparing gatorading/poweraiding a guy to drowning him in the Atlantic. One is questionable but could be done in good nature, the other is murder.

All these people look the same to me and I'm too drunk to tell the difference anymore.

I'm still of the mindset that the president, of all people, shouldn't be shooting from the hip when it comes to drugs that haven't undergone testing, then pushing hard for these drugs when hey haven't been tested using his authority as president to do so.

kibehisa said:

That's because he didn't. The transcripts are clear that PotUS Trump never suggested actually injecting/ingesting disinfectant.

No, he just suggested that they test what happens by putting into the human body bleach and isopropyl alcohol. Things that are known not to do good things inside the body. He's literally asking them if they're going to test that, things that utterly don't even need to be tested and that we already teach children to stay away from and not to put into their body.

Saladofstones said:

I'm still of the mindset that the president, of all people, shouldn't be shooting from the hip when it comes to drugs that haven't undergone testing, then pushing hard for these drugs when hey haven't been tested using his authority as president to do so.

A completely reasonable position, and I agree with you - I don't think any politician should try be trying to force their opinion on medicine, science, or whathaveyou as official policy, yet they do it all the time much to my annoyance.
That being said, it's still not the same as telling people to drink/inject bleach. That's all my point is, really.

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Moonspeaker said:

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The tag is "no choice but to build a karaoke room", isn't it?