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Trump Told Scientist to Test Disinfectant as COVID Treatment

8/14/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump told a scientist to investigate ingesting household disinfectant as a Covid-19 treatment on April 23, 2020.
Los Angeles oil magnates Milton Stewart and Lyman Stewart, along with libertarian brothers Charles Koch and David Koch, financed early-20th-century fundamentalism and climate-blocking campaigns.
Consequently, less than half of Americans and only 21% of Republicans now believe climate change is human-caused.

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U.S. President Donald Trump told a scientist to investigate ingesting household disinfectant as a Covid-19 treatment on April 23, 2020.
Los Angeles oil magnates Milton Stewart and Lyman Stewart, along with libertarian brothers Charles Koch and David Koch, financed early-20th-century fundamentalism and climate-blocking campaigns.
Consequently, less than half of Americans and only 21% of Republicans now believe climate change is human-caused.