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Trump's comments on disinfectants and COVID-19

Donald Trump's comments on using disinfectants or ultraviolet light to treat COVID-19, and the subsequent fact-checking and public health response

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Jan 26, 2026
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what did trump mean when he told us to drink bleach to fight covid

did not, in the literal sense, publish a how‑to telling Americans to —but during an April 23, 2020 briefing he openly speculated about whether disinfectants or UV light could be used inside the human ...