Every sane person is of course aware that this is life-threatening, but you will always have people, anywhere in the world, who will take that for real and just give it a shot. As a politician you just can't say such things, it's careless, because there is always that one dumb person, who will take everything for real and these people need to be protected. You put peoples life into danger and Trump should have known. There are cases, where people drank disinfectants now in the last days because of his weird speculations
First off, I agree with you about Trump
However, as much as we want to give him a piece of our mind, we should also credit him with the benefit of doubt (maybe, a little less than usual). Really, what is the most widely used disinfectant in the world? Right, ethanol, i.e. alcohol, which people also happen to drink, surprise, and some in quite excessive amounts. Indeed, it is unlikely to help with the coronavirus, but technically, that makes Trump's comment not as insane or stupid as it sounds. I guess he should pay me for this loophole if he ever makes into the court docket for his long tongue
Why the hell would you want to give the benefit of doubt to the man who commands the biggest economy, the strongest millitary and has the best experts in the world, yet chooses to make such statements while having ignored classified memos regarding possibility of an infection since January.
This equivocation from the "educated, general public" is as bad as Trump's behavior and that is what empowers him. Every idiot has an opinion that does not mean that "technically, they are not an idiot". Also, you should know the concentration of pure alcohol in any of the alcoholic drinks that people actually consume does not approach the minimum 65-70% that it needs to be effective against viruses. Vodka will not be effective as a hand-santizer. It is amazing that more people are not grilling the idiot Trump on this. America, the wealthiest nation on earth has a million infections and over 63,000 deaths. It now accounts for over 25% of the worldwide deaths. Such a failure yet he continues to defend his statements and makes fool out of his own people by saying things like "Ohh, it was sarcasm for reporters like you".
In its rage against the elites, Americans let their leader get away with behavior that decent people anywhere in the world would not condone for even their school-going teenagers.