US President Donald Trump has claimed his widely-derided remarks about injecting disinfectant to treat coronavirus were made "sarcastically". Speaking at a White House round-table on Friday, the president said: ‘I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen. ‘I was asking a sarcastic — and a very sarcastic question — to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside.
But it does kill it, and it would kill it on the hands and that would make things much better. That was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters.’
Trump’s excuse sparked raised eyebrows all-round, with even pro-Trump network Fox News expressing incredulity at his sarcasm claim.
The original remarks, made at a White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday, saw an earnest-sounding Trump say: ‘Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light? And I think you said, that hasn’t been checked out, but you’re going to test it.’
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