For the fucking record, Pussy-Grabber is NOT

[BigDemVoter]

taking hydroxychloroquine. He's lying through his fucking teeth. I cannot believe the "tut tutting" about it. He is such a goddamned liar. I simply cannot believe how everybody is falling for more of his shit.

He just cannot admit he was wrong, so now he's bloviaitng about how he's actually taking it. What horseshit. I dont beieve one fucking word he says.

[babylonsister]

1. Of course he's lying. He won the news cycle; that's what gets him off. nt

[dawg day]

2. The WH doctor released a rather ... um, limited statement

Several medical commentators said if the Dr did prescribe it, it is unethical and dangerous.

I suspect the doctor was as surprised as anyone else to hear that, and his statement was carefully crafted to keep from saying it straight out that he prescribed it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Exactly. Nowhere in that letter did the dr. say Trump was actually taking it.

He very carefully stated (maybe after talking to a lawyer) that they had discussed it and "concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks." Parse that a bit - the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks. But Trump isn't being treated for COVID-19 because (they tell us anyway) he doesn't have it. Supposedly he's taking it as a prophylactic - so he won't get it - for which it's useless. No studies, even the earlier ones that didn't pan out, have suggested that it prevents COVID-19, but that's what Trump is supposedly using it for. And the letter doesn't address that use at all - and never says Trump is, in fact using it. This may be the doctor's way of avoiding a malpractice suit if Trump really is using it and has a bad reaction, but if he never actually prescribed it, which is more likely, he's safe. He has no liability to the general public for his fuzzy remarks if Trump's cultists take it upon themselves to use it because their tin god claims to do so.

[dawg day]

11. Very good analysis

You are right. The doctor never says, and I prescribed this.

Why can't they just say.... uh, no.

[misanthrope]

15. Well done! Incisive and reasoned

and attuned to the precise use of language.

[RockRaven]

3. The surest sign that Trump isn't taking it is that he said he was...

Motherfucker lies about absolutely everything. One should always assume he is blatantly lying unless there is independent evidence to the contrary.

[panfluteman]

8. I Wholeheartedly Agree!

The best way to deal with anything Trump says is to start out by assuming that the exact opposite is true. If lying can help him win the news cycle, why wouldn't he do it?

[BigmanPigman]

13. That sure saves time and energy.

We should just assume it is a lie and go from there. Why can't we also assume he is guilty of everything THEN he has to prove his innocence afterwards in court. He hates America and the Constitution so why should we have the same rules for him. We already know that he thinks the rules and laws don't apply to him so let's make him happy and say he is right. Instead of proving guilt, prove innocence. Life in Bizarro World.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. I'll bet the black market for hydroxychloroquine explodes....

because every MAGAT will just have to have a stash........

Watch for it to become a fad pill in evangelical churches to help justify their mass gatherings and they'll say it was sent from heaven by dear leader.

I shed a tear for those who have a valid medical need for this drug.....

[lunatica]

16. I have a friend who has to take it for rheumatoid arthritis

She has a compromised immune system. I hope her doctor saved a stash for her. I know she talked to him when Trump first came out with this crap.

[DENVERPOPS]

6. Besides,

they would use a suppository for him, something the size of a football.......

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. 18000 untrue statements means EVERY time his lips

are moving more than likely it’s a LIE.

[meadowlander]

9. I'm sure he's taking

their money.

[TlalocW]

10. This is how you turn this around on Trumpers

Grant that he is taking HCQ, and it IS working (or a cure or whatever). Why the hell is he not doing everything he can to get as much of it as possible and passed out to Americans, get doctors trained on prescribing the right amount, etc? He says he's the guy who can get things done. Why is he sitting on his circus peanut ass, twiddling his thumbs, letting Americans die and keeping us from reopening society?

If it is a cure, what he's doing is completely evil. So is he wrong about HCQ*, or is he an evil son-of-a-bitch? If it works, there's no excuse for his not doing anything.

* Of course, he's still evil because he's using anything as a distraction from all his lies and incompetence in handling the pandemic in the first place. Whether you want to hit Trumpers with that is up to you, but it involves more work, and sometimes you can only disabuse them of one notion at a time, if that.

TlalocW

[canetoad]

12. One of the possible side effects

Is alopecia. You bet he's not taking it.

List of side effects here: https://www.drugs.com/sfx/hydroxychloroquine-side-effects.html

[Alwaysna]

14. If he says drink bleach his people do it.

If he takes hydroxychloroquine they will do that. It increases sales and then he makes a profit because he must have a $ stake in it or he wouldn't be continuing to push it.

[vlyons]

17. No, he's not taking it. And shame on his Dr and the Surgeon General

Shame on his Dr and the Surgeon General for not resigning immediately. They have both failed their Hippocratic oaths. No honor, no virtue to be found anywhere in Trump land.

[Martin Eden]

18. Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility should preface every response by Democrats to his latest bullshit statement.

Say it every time and keep saying it until it becomes a news story unto itself.

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

[zanana1]

19. The pharmaceutical companies will thank him.

[jimlup]

20. I don't believe a word he is saying either but taking hydroxychloroquine is that fucking stupid ...

So yes, I think he's stupid enough to be actually taking it. I hope he suffers the worst side effects but let's get meta-philisophical - Trump is too evil for anything bad to happen to him. Only the good die young and it is unfortunately absolutely fucking true.