Sensing he may need a miracle in order to win reelection, Donald Trump is now reportedly “enthusiastic” about an oleander extract called Oleandrin as a Covid-19 miracle treatment.
The untested experimental botanical extract is being pushed by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who also happens to be a GOP megadonor who calls Trump the greatest president who ever lived.
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After the whole hydroxychloroquine thing (and let’s be real, even before it), it’s probably best to avoid taking medical advice from Trump and his cronies and wait for, you know, actual medical doctors to reach conclusions.
Watch below as Anderson Cooper clashes with Lindell:
Heywood Jablowme
This is great. I’d forgotten about Ben Carson’s own “snake oil salesman” past. And I like how Cooper says to Lindell (at about 9:00): “But you don’t HAVE a good reputation.”
trsxyz
I’ll have what Fauci’s having… (Not some My Pillow Guy/Ben Carson/Jared Kushner/Wink Martindale treatment…)
WSnyder
Let’s count the number of times a ‘miracle cure’ originated from a salesmen and not from a medical/science expert………….Oh yeah like ZERO times!
Goforit
Lets face it. If he wasn’t defrauding people with pillows or selling snake oil cures, he would be running a mega church. By the way, oleander is a poisonous plant. So taking an extract from it might not produce the cure you had in mind. Although I guess death could be considered a cure for illness.
HDTex
Republicans! Make sure to swallow plenty of oleandin and also buy oleander at the greenhouse and eat at least an ounce with every meal!
(Dems, stay away from it, it’s toxic and may kill you, although that’s unlikely).
Cam
My only question is, why is Anderson Cooper even giving this guy airtime?
AxelDC
Oleander is a deadly poison. Campers have died using oleander branches to roast hot dogs and marshmallows.
Cam
If anybody dies, this guy should be indicted for pushing this deadly information.
And as a REALLY butch sidenote: I think there was a Michelle Pfeifer movie where she poisoned people with oleander.
Judespeak
LOL “when I seen this test” he’s an idiot.
sillyme
It’s another deluded misinformed jerk that is a grump supporter and full of you know what now and just because he’s a friend of our cheeto president thinks he’s got the attention, LOOSER!!!!!
Cam
Hi isn’t misinformed, he is pushing a false, dangerous remedy that he profits off of. He knows what he’s doing.
kelli
Hmmm. His pillows don’t do what he claims the will do, so his COVID “cure” won’t work either!! And he claims that Trump is a great president??? This man is full of s…
CityguyUSA
What do you expect from a person that sells pillows filled with torn foam.
Miles Crown
He only does what Jesus wants him to? Jeez. This guy needs to get served with an injunction before his convention appearance. Also, he desperately needs to replace the battery on his hearing aid.