Fact check: President Trump lied Friday when he said he was being 'sarcastic' when he asked medical experts on Thursday to look into the possibility of injecting disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus.
Washington President Donald Trump lied Friday when he said he was being"sarcastic" when he asked medical experts on Thursday to look into the possibility of injecting disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus.
Doctors and the company that makes Lysol and Dettol warned that injecting or ingesting disinfectants is dangerous. But when Trump was asked about the comments during a bill signing on Friday, he said,"I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen."He then suggested he was talking about disinfectants that can safely be rubbed on people's hands.
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