Trump Aggressively Promotes Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 'Cure' — Despite No Evidence

Over the course of two months, Trump repeatedly promotes hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine — anti-malarial drugs — as a 'game changer' cure for COVID-19 despite zero clinical evidence and warnings from FDA scientists. He claims on Twitter to have a 'good feeling' about the drug and pressures the FDA to authorize its emergency use. The FDA issues an Emergency Use Authorization on March 28, later revoked on June 15 after studies show the drug is ineffective and increases risk of cardiac arrhythmia death. Trump later reveals he took a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine prophylactically.