“Said of his comments about injections of disinfectant: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen.”
What FactCheck.org found
There’s no clear indication in his remarks that Trump was joking, either in his initial comment or when he returned to the topic later in the briefing. But we’ll leave it for readers to judge.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 24 April 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2020. Its rating was “You Be the Judge”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?471480-1/president-trump-signs-paycheck-protection-program-…
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