“Just when you think things can’t get any weirder, Trump cranks it up to 11 and then swallows the knob. When questioned at an event earlier in the day Trump said he has been taking hydroxychloroquine. The anti-malarial drug is not proven to treat coronavirus and has serious, potentially lethal side-effects, though that hasn’t stopped the president from touting the drug publicly, which prompted a whistleblower complaint last week from former health and human services official Dr Rick Bright.
When asked on Monday about what research he has that hydroxychloroquine is a preventative wonder drug, Trump cited the New England Journal of I heard it from a guy. Or, to quote the president: ‘Here’s my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it.’ For the sake of his children, I hope he’s not getting a lot of positive calls about Clorox. It was such a shocking statement that even Fox News had to clap back, with host Neil Cavuto telling viewers: ‘It will kill you. I cannot stress enough: this will kill you.’ I’m not a doctor, but the newsman says it’s deadly so I hope I’m not surprising anyone when I say: Mr President, don’t take it.” —Stephen Colbert
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