{UAH} Does Trump know the definition of "sarcasm"?

On Friday, after widespread disbelief at his comments, and after medical experts rejected his 'disinfectant injection' theory, he attempted to walk back his remarks. When pressed by a reporter on the comments in the White House, Trump responded that he was asking the question "sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen".  

Now, this might cause one to question whether Trump knows the definition of sarcasm which, according to Merriam-Webster, is "a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain".

Trump, after all, was the one who compared coronavirus to the seasonal flu, and then two weeks later, suggested that it was other people who were confused: "I've had many friends … People with great common sense, actually, have said ride it out, don't do anything, and think of it as the flu. But it is not the flu. It is vicious."The thought of the president baiting journalists to see "how they would react" in a time of unprecedented crisis is unsettling, but it is nothing new: Trump has mastered the art saying one thing and retracting or changing his statement when public opinion doesn't follow.

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"Everyone becomes an expert after the FACT"

Allan

 

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