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remember president trump was treated with it, and he, at one time praised it.

https://www.science.org/content/article/heres-what-known-about-president-donald-trump-s-covid-19-treatment
On 2 October, the White House announced President Donald Trump received an experimental antibody treatment after a test revealed he’s infected with SARS-CoV-2. At the time, he reportedly had mild COVID-19 symptoms, including fever and congestion, and he was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Later, the president’s medical team confirmed he had started a course of remdesivir, an antiviral drug shown to modestly help hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Two days later, on 4 October, the team revealed Trump had been given a steroid normally reserved for severe COVID-19 cases, although his physician offered optimism about a quick recovery, even suggesting he might soon be discharged from Walter Reed.

As posted here many times before, I was hospitalized for COVID-19, and was treated with Remdizivir, Dexamethasone, and supplemental oxygen. I immediately felt better the day after treatment started, and I was discharged after four days, and fully recovered with no ill effects.

Granted my experience like Trump's is anecdotal, but I do believe Remdizivir helped us both.

“Later, the president’s medical team confirmed he had started a course of remdesivir, an antiviral drug shown to modestly help hospitalized COVID-19 patients.”
I believe your reference is suspect. When President Trump got out of the hospital, I remember that he praised Regeneron (monoclonal antibodies) for his recovery, not Remdesivir. But leave it to the “experts” to slip Remdesivir into a story.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-19-antibody-drug-used-to-treat-president-trump-isnt-getting-to-americans.html

Personal anecdote. I refused Remdesivir when I was admitted to the hospital suffering from acute respiratory failure from Covid pneumonia. I accepted the Dexamethasone and three liters of oxygen. Two days later, I was released to recover at home. The steroids are what is really needed to shut down the extreme immune response (cytokine storm) to the spike protein, which is itself toxic. Remdesivir is has a track record of causing liver damage and kidney failure.
Of course, for early onset symptoms, Ivermectin and HCQ are excellent choices for avoiding the cytokine storm. But then, the FDA would not be able to allow an emergency authorization of the Covid-19 vaccines or the Rem-Death-Is-Near. You got lucky, many others didn’t have such luck.