WASHINGTON – What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
When a rare solar eclipse happened in 2017, astronomers and eye doctors repeatedly warned people not to stare directly at the sun without protection.
Photos show Trump did anyway. He later donned protective glasses. For decades, scientists have called climate change a pressing issue, pointing to data, physics and chemistry.
Trump regularly called it a hoax until recently. He also claims that noise from wind turbines — which he refers to as windmills — causes cancer, which is not accurate.