I think Tony would disagree with me [but] we have a pandemic, we have people dying now, Trump said, adding that hed recently spoken with FDA and been frustrated by the agency's pace.
They indicated that we'll start working on it right away. It could take a year, the president said. I said what do you mean a year? We have to have it tonight.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/fda-emergency-authorization-anti-malaria-drug-155095
Result:
FDA authorizes widespread use chloroquine to treat coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/30/coronavirus-drugs-hydroxychloroquin-chloroquine/
Bureaucrats don’t know the meaning of emergency.