Trump asks if he should take insulin despite not being diabetic, gets corrected by surgeon general
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Trump asks if he should take insulin despite not being diabetic, gets corrected by surgeon general

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President Donald Trump mused about taking insulin during a White House event for seniors with diabetes, even though he does not have the disease. "Your body, Mr. President, actually makes insulin endogenously, and people such as you and I — we make our own insulin," he said. Trump, however, lashed out at researchers who published findings disputing the drug's efficacy, labeling one such study a "Trump-enemy statement." Trump has floated the idea of injecting disinfectant into people's bodies to "clean" the lungs, which every medical expert warned would be deadly. Despite pushing potentially dangerous medications and incredibly dangerous disinfectant injections, Trump has rejected experts' advice on ramping up widespread coronavirus testing, calling it "overrated."

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