“There’s been some tremendous signs that this could work. Now, again, you know, some doctors think it should go for years in testing. But, you know, this has been something that’s been around for many years. It’s been phenomenal — a strong, powerful drug for malaria. But we think it might work on this [COVID-19], based on evidence — based on very strong evidence.”
Donald Trump
President. White House. Claim dated 22 Mar 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisEvidence Is Slim
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 22 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Evidence Is Slim”.
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.
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