“I Can’t Imagine Why”: Donald Trump Returns To The Coronavirus Briefing — But Dismisses Fallout Over Disinfectants

deadline.com:

By Ted Johnson At one short moment in President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing on Monday, he was asked about reports that some states saw a spike in poison control calls after his suggesting that perhaps human ingestion of disinfectants would be a way of combating the coronavirus. “I can’t imagine why,” Trump said, as he tried to move on to the next question.

When Playboy‘s Brian Karem pressed him on whether he takes responsibility for it, Trump said, “No, I don’t.” After a weekend of reports that the White House was looking to scale back the coronavirus briefing, and Trump’s own tweet saying they were not “worth the time & effort,” the president was again back before the media.