While swearing to an audience at the White House that there would be a vaccine or cure for COVID-19 “by the end of the year,” President Donald Trump took time to thank the “incredible doctors and scientists” who have developed other medical marvels — like the AIDS vaccine.
There is no AIDS vaccine, as many incredulous viewers immediately pointed out on Twitter. “We’re making tremendous progress.
Incredible doctors, scientists — I have great respect for their minds. And they’ve come up with many other cures and therapeutics over the years,” Trump said. “These are the people, the best, the smartest, the most brilliant anywhere, and they’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine.” The president caught himself at the end there, and switched to saying