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Yeah I feel bad being on the 'side' of Trump on this. But it definitely comes across as a bit of click-bait with little substance to me.
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Out of interest, how do you think it should have been reported?
I've looked for what is clickbaity and just cant see it.
POTUS makes false claim about dangerous drug. (Clearly stupid) people take drug and die.
It's not false to attribute this to him. More than one person heard what he said and did something stupid as a result. If he hadn't have lied about the drug it wouldn't have happened.
It's not blaming him for their actions but reporting that the "victims" said he was the trigger.
Stonehedge
I was trying to come up with a comparison like that! Pretty much, yeah. I feel dirty for 'defending' Trump on this, but he didn't say to just start taking the stuff in any form available without any medical indication, he was expressing a hope that the combination of two substances might actually end up working out, in a medical context. Not drinking aquarium cleaner or whatever is really what I'd call 'common sense'.