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The man who suggested people drink bleach during the COVID pandemic is back with another hit.

Donald Trump reportedly thinks soda is good for him, because it kills grass — and therefore it must also kill cancer cells.

The wild revelation comes via Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s administrator for Medicare and Medicaid, who shared the anecdote on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast Tuesday.

“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass if you pour it on grass, so therefore it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz told Trump Jr. in disbelief, to which Trump Jr. just laughed and shrugged knowingly.

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Probably does, it kills everything else, if you put a single cancer cell in it, it will die, of course you would have to kill the rest of the body first since cancer reproduces faster than the rest of the cells.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 5 points 4 days ago

My completely unscientific theory is that all the preservatives in his food are, well, preserving him. Which is why he's still up and moving around.

[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Since a diet high in sugar does kill human cells and cancer cells are human cells, soda does in fact kill cancer.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago

Trump Jr actually laughed and said 'Well if you think about, there might be something to it...', something like that.

I've seen the video clip.

Then Dr. Oz is very obviously internally seething, but wearing a happy mask on top of it.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

He should mix several types of disinfectants with bleach as the number one ingredient.

[–] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Maybe he meant to say, “Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass if you pour it on grass, so therefore it must kill brain cells inside the head, and that is why he is declaring war against every third-world country while the Democrats want to declare him unfit to serve as POTUS.”

[–] joan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Red cross doctor speaking, by the way

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Surely no one who has consumed copious amounts of diet soda has ever had cancer before.

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 5 days ago

And butter lubricates the blood. Make sure you eat 6 sticks a day Agent orange!

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago

HAHAHA, the president of the united states is a moron! LOL, this is a very funny thing and not a terrifying problem we should address immediately!

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Keep sucking down those over sugared caffeine bombs, you twit. More the better actually.

[–] humminglady@feddit.online 6 points 5 days ago

I feel like it would kill all your cells if it could do that.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Has he tried injecting bleach yet?

[–] Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Does he think RoundUp is healthy too?

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't put it past him.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Did Oz say that to suggest that it is insane, or to try and frame it as somehow the totally normal actions of a stable genius?

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