1. Either (a) Trump posted the video (by himself or through an agent acting at his direction), or (b) someone else posted the video without Trump's permission. If the latter, the POTUS does not control his "official" social media account (and you can ascertain the further implications as an exercise). If the former …
2. Trump either (a) knows the content of the video is false, or (b) he does not. If the latter, then the USA has a president who believes such nonsense and cannot distinguish reality from make-believe when communicating with the public and/or making policy decisions. If the former, then Trump is intentionally spreading falsehoods, in which case the USA has a president who is intentionally misleading the public about health matters.
He also recently said "aceto- … acetamin- … acetaminophen" use during pregnancy causes autism and has an administration railing against vaccines and cutting world health funding. So, we should all ask ourselves what conclusions we should be drawing and what ought to be done about this situation.
1. Either (a) Trump posted the video (by himself or through an agent acting at his direction), or (b) someone else posted the video without Trump's permission. If the latter, the POTUS does not control his "official" social media account (and you can ascertain the further implications as an exercise). If the former …
2. Trump either (a) knows the content of the video is false, or (b) he does not. If the latter, then the USA has a president who believes such nonsense and cannot distinguish reality from make-believe when communicating with the public and/or making policy decisions. If the former, then Trump is intentionally spreading falsehoods, in which case the USA has a president who is intentionally misleading the public about health matters.
He also recently said "aceto- … acetamin- … acetaminophen" use during pregnancy causes autism and has an administration railing against vaccines and cutting world health funding. So, we should all ask ourselves what conclusions we should be drawing and what ought to be done about this situation.