Gaza Olive Harvest Collapses as War Destroys Farmland 
Trump Confirms US Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine Amid Russian Strikes 
Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Received No Warning Before Russian Missile Attack 
Elon Musk Donates $366 Million to 2026 US Midterms 
US Justice Department Drops Prosecution of Ex-CIA Analyst Sue Mi Terry 
US Recalls Nicaragua Envoy After Ambassador Rejection 
Trump Warns Houthis Over Attacks, Considers Erdogan Intervention 
China Resumes US Soybean Purchases After Trump-Xi Summit 
IMF Warns US Debt Crisis Needs Fiscal Action, Urges China to Boost Consumption 
Jordan Bardella Antisemitism Allegations Threaten Le Pen’s Campaign 
Zelenskiy Says Trump’s Support for Russia Is ‘Painful’ 
UN Urges Talks on Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission Extension 
Flavio Bolsonaro Backs Brazil’s 40-Hour Workweek Reform Ahead of Runoff 
Most Americans Oppose Election Betting on Prediction Markets, Poll Finds 
Trump Denies China, Russia Are Helping Iran in War 
US Senate Midterms 2026: Key Races That Could Flip Control 
Trump Denies Russia and China Are Helping Iran in U.S. Conflict 
Add as a preferred source on Google
Millions of Americans are already getting vaccinated every week with the potential to reach Joe Biden’s goal of 100 million vaccines administered in a span of 100 days or even less.
In a recent interview, Dr. Deborah Birx, who was among the health experts in the Trump administration’s COVID-19 task force, revealed that military protocols stopped her from questioning the now-former president’s suggestion of injecting bleach to kill the coronavirus.
Speaking with ABC News, Dr. Birx recalled that she was very uncomfortable when she had to listen to Trump suggest injecting or ingesting bleach in order to kill the coronavirus. Dr. Birx, who is a former US Army physician, said that she had been trained not to show up a superior officer no matter how outrageous a statement was being made. Dr. Birx added that she still thinks about that moment to this day.
“I have spent almost 30 years in the military. I worked for every president from Jimmy Carter up and through President Bush,” said Dr. Birx. “Those of you who have served in the military know that there are discussions you have in private with your commanding officers and there’s discussions you had in public,”
“Frankly I didn’t know how to handle that episode. I still think about it every day,” said Dr. Birx. The health expert noted that she did not think to correct Trump at the time. “But I was just not trained in my years … to react that way. I think maybe if someone didn’t have the military training I had, maybe they would’ve reacted differently.”
Compared to his predecessors who have publicly been given the vaccine, Trump and first lady Melania Trump both received the COVID-19 vaccine quietly before leaving Washington in January. Recently, the former president urged his supporters to get vaccinated.
In a phone-in interview on Fox News, Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that the vaccines are safe. This comes as surveys have shown that Republicans and Trump supporters are the top two demographics that are opposed to getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Despite urging his supporters to get vaccinated, Trump noted that some may still refuse in the name of “Freedom.”
“I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it,” said the former president.
