# How many people is Trump trying to kill with inane suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480 "2020-04-24T02:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/41 "2020-04-24T16:58:44Z")
Trump just admitted that when he said “injected” he meant the literally meaning, not some mechanism by which the medical community would incorporate it into their treatments. He also said it’s fine because he was being sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/42 "2020-04-24T17:16:21Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > He also said it’s fine because he was being sarcastic. Oh, that irrepressible prankster. He got us again! …Knock 'em the hell out! J/K! …Good people on both sides! J/K! …Shoot them in the legs! J/K! …Totally destroy Rocket Man! J/K! …It’ll be gone just like magic! J/K! …Inject disinfectant! J/K! Good one Mr. President!.. you fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/43 "2020-04-24T17:16:22Z")
Ah yes. The old “Ahh, it was… a joke! Ya, that’s the ticket. A joke.” Sort of like when you get called on it when you suggest your political opponent should be “taken out” by “2nd amendment enthusiasts”. Just a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/44 "2020-04-24T17:33:14Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Is your turd-polishing service a flat fee, or hourly rate? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3rax27_ZIVM/hqdefault.jpg "Mythbusters - Polishing Poop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rax27_ZIVM) Turd-polishing is a real thing. Judging by the labor-intensiveness of it in the video, I bet it is an hourly rate. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/45 "2020-04-24T17:35:37Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Trump just admitted that when he said “injected” he meant the literally meaning, not some mechanism by which the medical community would incorporate it into their treatments. He also said it’s fine because he was being sarcastic. Trump is very good at that kind of sarcasm. You just need to understand it. For example, when he said back in January about COVID-19 that “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine”, that was an incredibly clever sarcastic way of saying “this is going to be the worst global pandemic in modern history, and I’m the first to recognize that fact”. He confirmed later that that’s what he had actually meant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/46 "2020-04-24T19:15:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I just posted this in another thread: > > Much as I hate defending our Fearless Leader You hate doing it so much that you not only continue, you find new venues to do it in? :dubious::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/47 "2020-04-24T20:35:32Z")
Well, check this out— it turns out that another scam artist with right wing ties and a miracle cure succeeded in their campaign to gets Trump’s attention a few days ago. And three guesses what their miracle cure is ?— yes, it involves drinking a chlorine dioxide product that is branded as a Genesis 2, a miracle cure for everything. > **[Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus)** > > Mark Grenon wrote to Trump saying chlorine dioxide ‘can rid the body of Covid-19’ days before the president promoted disinfectant as treatment > **[Alan Keyes Is Helping Sell a Toxic Bleach ‘Cure’ to the Vulnerable and Desperate](https://www.thedailybeast.com/alan-keyes-is-helping-sell-a-toxic-bleach-cure-miracle-mineral-solution-to-the-vulnerable-and-desperate)** > > The politician fronts a conservative web-based TV channel and appears in broadcasts with bottles of “Miracle Mineral Solution” on his desk. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/48 "2020-04-24T20:37:20Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Latest one: > > [Inject some disinfectant, or shine super-bright UV into your lungs.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216) Trump’s problem (well, one of them) is that he believes he’s smart. And he believes that others are impressed when he mouth farts. That’s how you end up with Trump speaking to Prince Charles, England, about climate change and having Trump do nothing but brag about America’s weather. The man is a straight up dumb fuck, and so are hose who support him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/49 "2020-04-24T20:42:59Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > This ‘interpretation’ of his words is truly wonderful. > [https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1253474772702429189?s=19](https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1253474772702429189?s=19) Holy crap that’s funny. I don’t do Twitter, so can someone that does thank her for me? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/50 "2020-04-24T21:01:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Well, the cat is needing to use it, so he’d better move. Did he or didn’t he mean “inject,” or is this a Schroedinger’s Catbox scenario? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/51 "2020-04-24T21:15:16Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Holy crap that’s funny. I don’t do Twitter, so can someone that does thank her for me? [Here’s another one.](https://www.facebook.com/brenda.varda/videos/10158365714703659/) I’m sorry I can’t find this outside of Facebook, but there ya go. You need FB to see it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/52 "2020-04-24T21:48:47Z")
I like that one, too. I was able to watch it. But it’s got the slowed down audio to make Trump sound drunk, when he already sounded like an idiot. No, he didn’t sound like an idiot, he defined what an idiot sounds like. I think the slowed down audio will let Trump supporters, those tantamount to people with shovels following animals on parade cry “fake news!” But I liked the clip. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/53 "2020-04-24T22:11:11Z")
> [@burrunderthe\_saddle](#): > > Trump is merely suggesting alternative treatments that should be considered by researchers and is not trying to kill people. Trump is just thinking outside of the box. Look, the time and place as POTUS to even think about asking these types of questions or proposing these types of ideas, is behind closed doors in his meeting with the task force. **NOT at press conference that’s televised all over the world.** The guys an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/54 "2020-04-24T22:15:14Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Latest one: > > [Inject some disinfectant, or shine super-bright UV into your lungs.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216) I got an ad for a “UV Sanitizer” with that link. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/55 "2020-04-24T22:28:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Trump is the middle school remedial student who hasn’t read the book but is giving a report in front of the class based on what he overheard other kids say in the hall before class. That, Sir, is a wonderful metaphor. I congratulate you. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/56 "2020-04-24T22:34:27Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Well, check this out— it turns out that another scam artist with right wing ties and a miracle cure succeeded in their campaign to gets Trump’s attention a few days ago. Well, I’ve got a miracle cure too, discovered by a bored housewife in the San Fernando Valley and passed on to me via an underground network that will remain unknown even in the 23rd century. I cured myself of covid-1 through -19 and several of my friends too by drinking a cocktail of equal parts Lysol, [chlorine trifluoride](https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time) and blackstrap molasses. And believe me, I’m sure glad to be cured of those friends! How do I get this to Doctor Trump’s attention? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/57 "2020-04-24T22:37:05Z")
Lysol and Dettol, among others, have issued statements informing people that their products are NOT to be used in this way. I’m guessing that their websites and 800 numbers have been bombarded with people who want to know how to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/58 "2020-04-24T22:44:20Z")
I suspect they’re proactively defending themselves from the inevitable lawsuits that will follow if anybody is stupid enough to poison themselves in this manner. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/59 "2020-04-24T22:50:44Z")
Well, they better. The voters who were brilliant to vote for Trump are falling all over this! [Now that Trump has suggested we shoot up Lysol, can cable news stop airing this crap?](https://www.salon.com/2020/04/24/now-that-trump-has-suggested-we-shoot-up-lysol-can-cable-news-stop-airing-this-crap/), Amanda Marcotte, _Salon_, April 24, 2020. > [@](#): > > It’s tempting to believe that no one can be stupid enough to take Donald Trump’s medical advice, but that would underestimate the deep emotional need of his voters to find some reason to justify their idiotic decision. Though the evidence so far anecdotal, plenty of people on social media are running with Trump’s “advice,” particularly telling themselves that they don’t have to worry about coronavirus so long as they get their daily dose of sunlight. > > ( . . . ) > > Meanwhile, the MAGA-heads in everyday America didn’t bother to go through this pretzel logic, and just ran with the idea that sitting in the sunshine makes you immune to coronavirus. > > “My MAGA mom has already posted on her Facebook page that sunlight kills the virus and we should all go back to work as long as we go outside for walks,” lamented one user on the Reddit politics forum. “Her MAGA friends have already posted all over it and blamed Bill Gates for hiding it from us.” > > “My sister immediately called me to tell me that it’s OK to open Arizona because we have sun,” another complained. > > Perusing the Facebook comments on a CNN post that debunked Trump’s “advice,” as well as screenshots sent to Salon of pro-Trump chatter on Facebook, it seems clear that much of MAGA America likes the idea that their president has suddenly discovered this sunlight “cure” that evaded the actual doctors. One woman speculated that the reason Florida even has coronavirus cases is because it’s too hot for people to go outside. Another said that the fact that people don’t die from waterparks proves Trump is right. One man argued that Spanish flu victims in 1918 “miraculously recovered” when allowed outside. (This is not true.) And so on. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/60 "2020-04-24T23:25:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, I’ve got a miracle cure too, discovered by a bored housewife in the San Fernando Valley and passed on to me via an underground network that will remain unknown even in the 23rd century. I cured myself of covid-1 through -19 and several of my friends too by drinking a cocktail of equal parts Lysol, [chlorine trifluoride](https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time) and blackstrap molasses. > > And believe me, I’m sure glad to be cured of those friends! > > How do I get this to Doctor Trump’s attention? Black strap molasses? That is ridiculous! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480.md?page=4)