‘Potential Benefit’ of Trump Taking Hydroxychloroquine Outweighed Risks: White House Physician

U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House in Washington on May 17, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s physician on May 18 confirmed that the president has been taking the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and zinc to lower his COVID-19 risk.

The president’s physician, Sean Conley, said in a letter released by the White House on Monday that he and Trump decided that he should take the drug as “the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks.”