This week’s bogus declaration from President Trump that Tylenol is directly linked to rising rates of autism spectrum disorders and ADHD in children marks the latest in the president’s attacks on a medical community he views as little more than smarmy elitist gatekeepers. We shouldn’t expect anything better from a man who once publicly asked whether people could inject bleach as a potential COVID-19 cure-all.

Trump’s rambling press conference laid bare that no one in the president’s orbit dares correct even his most unhinged conspiracy theories. His baffling claim that Cuba is autism-free because they can’t afford Tylenol should rank alongside former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s boast that there are no gays in Iran as one of the most embarrassingly stupid statements ever uttered by a head of state. And that wasn’t even the craziest thing Trump said that day!

Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz did more than just humiliate themselves on Monday. They provided yet another reminder to the American people that the Trump........

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