I went back to the actual press conference and you are correct in stating that Trump didn’t use the word bleach. Here is the context behind the reference. Trump spoke about the role he thought disinfectants could play in tackling an infection caused by the virus at the April 23 briefing. He didn’t say people should drink bleach. His comments came after his undersecretary of science and technology, William Bryan, discussed sun exposure and cleaning agents like bleach as ways to kill the virus when on surfaces.

How unfortunate that my substitute for disinfectant was the word “bleach.” Trump followers, however, didn’t misinterpret his comments and many got sick following his advice. Fauci and the others that attended Trump’s press conference at the time, which I watched, later expressed deep concern about the President’s choice of words. But my article wasn’t about that press conference it was a verbatim dissection of the conversation between Trump and Musk and whether you like or not, or can’t believe what I wrote is immaterial until you actually click on the link I provided to the actual conversation.