> And then I said, supposing it brought the light inside the body, which you can either do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're gonna test that too, sounds interesting. And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning.
He's clearly talking about two things - one sentence is about light, "And I then I see the disinfectant"... - and you simply can't "inject" light.
You can inject light via fiber optics. We all know 'inject" isn't the right term, but it's how he was using it.
Regardless, and most importantly, he never specified any disinfectant, so in the context, he meant UV light. No contortion necessary. It's all there in the quote you provided.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/24/disinfectan...
> Trump’s eyebrow-raising query came immediately after William N. Bryan, the acting undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gave a presentation on the potential impact of summer heat and humidity, which also included references to tests that showed the effectiveness of different types of disinfectants. He recounted data from recent tests that showed how bleach, alcohol and sunlight could kill the coronavirus on surfaces.
> Bryan said bleach killed the virus in about five minutes and isopropyl alcohol killed it in 30 seconds. In tests, sunlight and high temperatures also appeared to shorten the virus’s life on surfaces and in the air, Bryan said.
> Bryan said
Last I checked, Bryan wasn't Trump.
> And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning.
You're saying he's saying "nothing" but in fact he's suggesting that disinfectant injections are worth trying
Okay, I'll play along. Here's part of that quote, "is there a way..."
When someone merely asks if there's a way, I don't interpret that as them suggesting anything, since a question isn't a suggestion.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/319030/should-a-...
"I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
So for all this talk about examining context and intentionally interpreting the President's comments in an unfavorable light, he was in fact being disingenuous and sarcastic. He wasn't "merely" asking a question. He was trolling. BTW, this is why people are so eager to not take him at face value.