NEW: Members of President Trump’s coronavirus task force and aides in the West Wing were shocked Thursday when he suggested looking into the use of light and disinfectant to treat the deadly respiratory illness, according to administration officials.
It’s not the first time the president has claimed that his attempted “jokes” were being misinterpreted after facing intense backlash and widespread criticism. When he referred to himself to reporters as “the chosen one” during an exchange on trade talks with China last year, he argued later that he had just been “kidding” and “having fun.
But Trump’s promotion of light and disinfectant as a possible hope for curing a virus that’s killed some 50,000 Americans is part of a broader posturing that’s designed to make the country feel like the current situation is improving or soon will, officials said. But Trump said Wednesday that the coronavirus “may not come back at all” this fall, even though officials said he’s been shown projections that are not nearly as positive as he purports.At Thursday’s briefing, after Bryan, the homeland security undersecretary, finished a presentation of initial findings into how heat and sunlight may affect the virus, the president took to the lectern to offer his own take on the science.
“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,” Trump said, as he kept looking over at Birx, who remained stone-faced. Later, the president posed the question to Birx: “Deborah, have you ever heard of that? The heat and the light, relative to certain viruses, yes, but relative to this virus?”Some administration officials thought the White House press office should have clarified the president’s statements Thursday night after he made them. But one official said, “No one told him you need to clean this up.”
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