I'm thinking Trump's ego is working against him here. He wants people to have confidence in some medicine. Big Pharma wants to make $trillions. He gets their buy-in (which is a ton of support, don't underestimate this) and get the American people's confidence. If he tries one of these new drugs & it works, he gets both. Yes, it'll be another $trillion in national debt, but who's counting any more? (only partially sarcastic there) I agree that HCQ or CDS would be the safest path medically. But he's trying to kill 2 birds with this one stone. And who knows, if it gets worse, maybe he'll do HCQ/CDS at that point?