I think he was referring to the fact it had been approved in general, but not specifically for use against this virus.
> I think he was referring to the fact it had been approved in general, but not specifically for use against this virus.
If one goes to the msn video link, trump refers to the fda approval as being “immediate” and comments that “it normally takes months” to approve. So in context, it would seem (at least to me in this case) that trump was referring to a *new* (and discrete from the old) fda approval for use with covid-19 patients in the context of current events. I suppose potential caveats could be that trump could have been talking about the start of a process which nevertheless could be expected to take a few days to complete all the paperwork, and/or that this particular fda approval did not necessarily imply that doctors could actually prescribe it yet since it might require additional approvals before that could (imaginably) happen (yikes).
The article says approved for use on Covid-19. It’s even in the headline.