Dr. Deborah Birx, formerly of the White House coronavirus task force, thinks often about the day last spring when then-president Donald Trump advised Americans to inject disinfectants In fact, she thinks about it “every day.”
In an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran Monday, she said, “Frankly, I didn’t know how to handle that episode,” Birx said. “I still think about it every day.”
Birx, who was in the room when Trump made his suggestion, said she felt “uncomfortable, which is the reaction her facial expression at the time was also taken to mean. Birx never spoke about the moment publicly.