OMIGOD! News Break. Trump is taking the hydroxychloroquine drug for a week and a half now.

[Baitball Blogger]

He takes a pill every day. Per MSNBC.

[ismnotwasm]

1. Good.

[Squinch]

2. Great. Maybe it will give him heart failure.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. He'll claim he was poisoned.

[Squinch]

5. And Obama did it.

[imanamerican63]

10. Or Biden?

Because Biden doesn’t want to lose to Trump!

[Squinch]

11. But Hillary cooked up the scheme.

[lunatica]

18. Vast Left Wing Shadow Government Conspiracy

[whopis01]

51. He will claim that Obama left bad hydroxychloroquine in the medicine cabinet. n/t

[blaze]

4. drumph *says* he's taking it. Bullshit. There's got to be $$$ involved. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Yep. I'm with you. I think he's doing this to boost sales so he can profit.

[zentrum]

22. That's it.

[RDANGELO]

6. From what I understand,

unless you have malaria, there is no benefit to taking it. It can only make you sick.

[malaise]

8. Yes and...

Leave the man

[Ace Rothstein]

25. Or an autoimmune disease.

My wife takes it daily for RA.

[Hortensis]

54. It's also an old standby for people with autoimmune disorders,

particularly I believe rheumatoid arthritis. One of the heavy-duty drugs with heavy-duty side effects I won't be offered until and if potential benefits begin to outweigh the potential risks as my disease advances.

Of note in this case, it's typically used chronically, and extended use is part of what makes its use so cautionary. Obviously, though, experts speaking out feel it can also be dangerous with even short-term use.

[TalenaGor]

9. does that mean he has covid?

[Aviation91]

12. I don't believe it!

We only know this because he said he’s taking this drug! I believe he’s doing what he always does...LIE! LIE! LIE!!

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DISTRACTION!!!

[Sogo]

13. Is he saying he has COVID?

Why else would he be taking a "treatment" for it?

That drug was never pushed as a preventative, was it?

[Luz]

56. As a preventive, according to him.

You'd be surprised at home many people are taking it. Especially the front line workers before you catch it. The front line workers, many many are taking it. I happen to be taking it," Trump revealed while taking questions from reporters during a round-table with restaurant executives."

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. I bet he's not.

[druidity33]

57. Placebo. nt.

[Midnight Writer]

15. So, he has a prescription? From where? Who is his supplier? The same as his Adderall guy?

[walkingman]

16. I don't believe that comes out of his mouth. That being said, I hope he has heart problems.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Has he shoved a UV light up his big fat butt, too?

[zentrum]

19. I don't believe this.

Why would he take it if he has no symptoms?

This feels like a set-up of some kind. So that his investment in this drug pays off. Or something.

He's taking a sugar pill and calling it hydroxychloroquine.

[lunatica]

20. Thus upping the death count.

Sigh...

[no_hypocrisy]

21. He's lying and he's lying to get his minions to bother their physicians for a prescription

until they get it. He has a business interest in either this drug or the pharmaceutical company that makes it.

[Vogon_Glory]

23. Well, if he is

He won’t have to worry about losing to Joe Biden next November.

(And we’ll be wondering if Melania Trump will be dancing to “The Merry Widow” waltz)

[BannonsLiver]

24. Reactions like this are what they are counting on

Distract, distract, distract.

[Me.]

26. Liar, Liar, His Pants On Fire

I wish

[Salviati]

27. He's just confused because he eats a whole box of Hydrox cookies for breakfast

[essme]

28. Oh, he's effing making that up

You can't get a straight story from that clown.

Useless jackwit. I can't wait til he leaves and takes those brats and escort with him.

[wryter2000]

29. He's probably lying

It might very well kill him. I imagine he's lying about taking it.

[Hugin]

31. He's throwing the bones betting he doesn't get it.

Which of course he'll attribute to clean christian living and marrying a hooker... And, oh yeah, that drug whatever it was called.

[Hugin]

30. Does he use a bleach chaser in kool-aid to choke the pill down with?

I bet his aquariums are spotless!

[dem4decades]

32. I doubt one pill is enough, he should double down.

[LuvNewcastle]

45. He should take one every hour, just to be sure.

It would really give me peace of mind.

[dem4decades]

46. I hear Obama thinks he should take less.

[Aviation91]

33. It really bothers me when the news takes lies he tells and broadcasts them!

He says at a briefing that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for a week and a half...we have no proof that’s true nor can he prove it or ANYONE in his administration! He’s desperate now! He knows that this country is on a downward spiral and he’s thinking he can lie and coast his way to November 3rd! People will continue to die and he doesn’t care!! There is no way this country will recover anytime soon and it is scaring him to death and making him say crazy shit just hoping something will work!

Sad thing is...it will kill more of his faithful followers...oh well!

[lame54]

34. Bullshit...

They are giving him sugar pills

[bullwinkle428]

35. 10 days? That backdates it to the Katie Miller positive test revelation.

[shanti]

36. So he says n/t

[musette_sf]

37. riiiiiiiiight

[ecstatic]

38. Who knows if he's even telling the truth.

I'd like to hear the context in which he volunteered this info.

Was it after someone called him out, again, for being wrong about hcq? Or asked him about the tax dollars that were wasted buying hcq? Perhaps that prompted another bizarre sharpie-like moment where he was determined to be right no matter what.

Then there's the possibility that he's lying to make a profit off of hcq stockpiles.

Hopefully he's telling the truth, and hopefully there's a nasty interaction between hcq, cocaine, and Adderall.

[mvd]

47. I don't yet believe him

But he must have some big financial interest in that thing! I mean, of all the drugs he is fixated on this one.

[RhodeIslandOne]

39. They are probably giving him Flintstones vitamins

Fucking idiot.

[DURHAM D]

41. Chewable? nt

[sarcasmo]

42. Distraction.

[ecstatic]

49. Good point.

Damn. We have to stop falling for this shit!

[krawhitham]

43. Sugar pills

He does not know the difference

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. Right.

[indigovalley]

50. Why does Trump think he knows more than doctors?

I take this drug daily for Lupus and its a miracle drug for patients like me and for others with autoimmune disorders as it controls our symptoms. Despite all the horrible things people are posting about it, the drug is generally well tolerated with common side effects such as nausea, diarrhea, headaches, itching and insomnia to mention just a few. Its not so deadly that it can't be prescribed--thousands of us with Lupus take it just fine.

But because its a powerful drug it can have rare and significant adverse reactions as well. Its criminal how Trump is promoting hydroxychloroquine like its a new vitamin C or something. People who don't need this drug, or have conditions that prevent you from taking it (certain heart problems, epilepsy, kidney failure) can get seriously ill. And on top of that, now us folk who need the drug daily will again be facing shortages...

Just unbelievable...

[Atticus]

52. And, "Mexico is paying for the wall", "the call was PERFECT" and he "hires the best people". nt

[Happy Hoosier]

53. I kinda doubt he does...

This is all about controlling the narrative.

[misanthrope]

55. Occam's Razor says he's lying

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The rare employ of hydroxychloroquine related to COVID-19 has been therapeutically, not prophylactically. I don't know how any reputable or responsible physician would prescribe it to him.