"So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous ultraviolet or just a very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn't been checked because of the testing," Trump said to Bryan.

"And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're going to test that too.

"I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [COVID-19]. Maybe you can, maybe you can't - I'm not a doctor, but I'm a person who has a good you know what," he said, pointing to his head.

Trump then went on to suggest that injecting disinfectant could "[do] a tremendous number on the lungs".