# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/81 "2020-04-25T16:05:48Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > So Trump explicitly denied that anyone would be injecting bleach into the body. > > Of course, as we’ve seen, what he says at one moment can be contradicted the next. But he hasn’t suggested putting bleach into anyone’s veins. Yet. Except that he _did_ explicitly suggest it. Saying the exact opposite later doesn’t magically erase the fact that he suggested it earlier. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/82 "2020-04-25T16:42:51Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Except that he _did_ explicitly suggest it. Saying the exact opposite later doesn’t magically erase the fact that he suggested it earlier. Randy Rainbow weeighs in: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DPDPzbLFeP4/maxresdefault.jpg "A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPDPzbLFeP4) ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/83 "2020-04-25T17:55:00Z")
[quote=“CalMeacham, post:82, topic:852480”] Randy Rainbow weeighs in: [/QUOTE] Brilliant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/84 "2020-04-25T18:10:49Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Brilliant. 🙂 He’s so awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/85 "2020-04-25T18:14:07Z")
Bidens campaign slogan is going to be “Come with me if you want to live.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/86 "2020-04-25T21:01:44Z")
“I’m not him”. Really, why risk anything more? ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/87 "2020-04-25T21:57:14Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Not, one hopes, internally. Yes, internally, as it happens. But O3 therapy is not something you should try at home by yourself. (Edited to add: also the FDA banned its use 4 years ago due to any evidence it was effective at all). That’s, of course, looking past the idea that we have canisters of ozone just lying around ready to use and that we all know how to use it safely. There’s no way to spin any of this that doesn’t come out looking stupid, much less like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/88 "2020-04-25T22:52:22Z")
I cannot even begin to fathom why people would think that an indiscriminate oxidizer would be of any use in targeting an infection. How do they think it hits the bad things and not the good parts of your body? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/89 "2020-04-25T23:38:17Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > I cannot even begin to fathom why people would think that an indiscriminate oxidizer would be of any use in targeting an infection. How do they think it hits the bad things and not the good parts of your body? Because they understand such things as well as Trump does. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/90 "2020-04-25T23:50:14Z")
MSN: [Some poison control centers reported a spike in calls following President Trump’s suggestion that injecting disinfectant might help people infected with coronavirus.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-see-spike-in-poison-control-calls-following-trumps-comments-on-injecting-disinfectant/ar-BB13c7ai) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/91 "2020-04-26T00:18:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Guess one would need to be an America-hating-fucksticker to be dumb enough to contemplate the notion that he knows what ozone is. Sure he does. It’s a chicken, because once he heard about the ozone layer. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/92 "2020-04-26T00:21:10Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Sure he does. It’s a chicken, because once he heard about the ozone layer. Or possibly the name of a porn star. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/93 "2020-04-26T05:58:39Z")
Maybe we could start a new drink craze? [Orange Russian](https://www.craftginclub.co.uk/ginnedmagazine/cocktail-conker-spirit-orange-russian) served in what looks like a recycled disinfectant container but isn’t, paired with an [Orange Fool](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbmz8d/trump-supporters-enraged-by-18th-century-custard-recipe?utm_campaign=trendsus&utm_source=munchiesfbus). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/94 "2020-04-27T12:33:31Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Bidens campaign slogan is going to be “Come with me if you want to live.” 😃 Sharing. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/95 "2020-04-27T15:27:41Z")
> [@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. How dumb do you feel for defending the factuality of Trump’s comments now that he’s claiming that his comments were just “sarcasm”? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/96 "2020-04-27T19:09:05Z")
On a sadder note, Procter & Gamble stock has been falling steadily ever since The Resident made his ‘sarcastic’ speech. Procter & Gamble makes Clorox. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/97 "2020-04-27T20:51:25Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > On a sadder note, Procter & Gamble stock has been falling steadily ever since The Resident made his ‘sarcastic’ speech. > > Procter & Gamble makes Clorox. I was at a supermarket yesterday and they had large supplies of Clorox literally filling up the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/98 "2020-04-27T20:56:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Current headline from CBC News, which does not have any particular stake in American politics No snark intended at all and, though technically you’re right, we Canadians have a huge stake in American politics these days:) ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/99 "2020-04-27T21:19:29Z")
I think that the next time at a press conference he says something as harmful and stupid as the inject bleach thing, the entire group ought to start laughing. Not giggles or teehees, but loud guffaws, accompanied by cries of, “Good one, Mr. President!” Because if he is being sarcastic and kidding, he’ll acknowledge their reaction with a little bow or saying “I’ll be here all week” or something else that shows he’s glad they caught his humor. But I’ll bet he’ll get all pissed off and berate them or walk out. Which will make it harder for him to later claim that they just didn’t get the joke. ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480/100 "2020-04-27T22:18:46Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > How dumb do you feel for defending the factuality of Trump’s comments now that he’s claiming that his comments were just “sarcasm”? That is one of the few pertinent comments I have seen from either side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-is-trump-trying-to-kill-with-inane-suggestions/852480.md?page=6)