This is probably a dead issue, bypassed by time, but it may still have some relevance to our current political situation.
Ivermectin is not a common item. It is not something you’d notice while shopping at WalMart. It is an anti-parasitic which only vets and horse breeders would know about.
Trump is neither a vet nor a horse breeder. There is no way he would have known of the substance.
Somebody told him about it.
Somebody he knew ad trusted went up to him and said “Hey, Donny — there’s a new treatment for COVID-19 called Ivermectin. You should tell people about it. Tell them to take it with a little bleach, and it will cure them just like that!”
Important?
Maybe.
Remember, Trump was cruising pretty high at the time. His ratings were great, he was trusted, if not loved, and his poll numbers were good. He was on the way to a second term.
The Ivermectin and bleach cocktail was the first crack in the facade. The first thing that made Joe Average go “whut?”, and start turning away from him.
The thing that broke his popularity, and ended up costing him the 2020 election.
Hear me out. Trump was never supposed to win the 2016 election. The Powers That Be in the GOP watched him glide down a golden escalator and take over the party. THEIR party. The one designed to make them rich(er) and keep them in power forever.
Trump disrupted their plan. He gave them a tax break, but mostly he worked to give himself power.
Their power. The power THEY wanted.
Did they shaft him?
And if so, is there another shaft coming? Will the Powers That Be strike the final blow that removes Trump from the political landscape?