Politics

It’s three years since one of Trump’s most unhinged moments

It has been three wild years since Donald Trump was widely condemned by scientists for suggesting disinfectant could be injected into patients as a possible treatment for Covid-19.

The former president suggested that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on coronavirus and wondered aloud if they could be injected into people, saying the virus “does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that”.

The video, which was humorously parodied below, is one of a number of unfortunate utterances that came to encapsulate his short spell in the White House.

Here’s a pick of the others:

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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