But in another wild twist, Stephen Colbert almost predicted Trump’s suggested cure exactly when he recorded that night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier in the day.
Quipping about Trump’s recent recommendations of unproven drugs like hydroxychloroquine as a potential virus cure, Colbert said “You ready for another idea?
Trump then speculated that perhaps these same things could be used to treat people who are infected with coronavirus.
Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.”