'I was just being sarcastic'

 Last Thursday Donald Trump suggested that people inject disinfectant into their lungs in order to cure coronavirus, and then claimed the next day that he was just being sarcastic.
For those catching up, during his coronavirus press conference on Thursday, Trump literally asked medical experts on his coronavirus task force if people could inject disinfectant or even UV light (no, really) into their bodies as a means of fighting COVID-19. (They can't. Please don't do that.)
The next day the White House tried to claim that Trump was taken out of context, only for Trump to ruin that excuse by claiming he was actually being sarcastic. The White House didn't have a good explanation as to why a sitting president would joke about a plague that has already killed more than 50,000 people, and video of the exchange doesn't support the interpretation that Trump was joking. Not even Fox News accepted that excuse.

 

Unsurprisingly, his comments were widely mocked — even disinfectant maker Lysol got involved, saying in a statement that "under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route). After all, poison can kill. By Friday night, it was reported that Trump would be ending his daily coronavirus briefings. Whoops!
Now we've learned something new from Donald Trump. While the nation is tuning into these briefings for accurate information, Trump is just testing out his newest comedy material.