Health officials have called the treatment unproven and potentially dangerous. The drug has, in some cases, shown promise, according to some reports.

Karen Whitsett, a Democratic state representative in Detroit, told Fox News on Monday that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and antibiotics saved her life.

“It has a lot to do with the president…bringing it up,” she told the channel. She said if the president did not keep pushing the drug through the Food and Drug Administration for approval, she may not have survived.

"I really want to say that you have to give this an opportunity," she told “The Ingraham Angle.”" For me, it saved my life. I only can go by what it is that I have gone through and what my story is, and I can't speak for anyone else. So that's not what I'm trying to do here. I'm only speaking for myself."

Brzezinski was joined by her husband and “Morning Joe” co-host, Joe Scarborough, who also raised suspicions about the drug’s effectiveness. Scarborough said flatly, the drug “doesn’t work for” the virus, according to the Washington Examiner.

The New York Times pointed out that Trump’s family trusts have investments in a mutual fund that holds Sanofi, the French drugmaker that produces the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine. But the Washington Post reported how the Times appeared to downplay the revelations and buried the news in the story’s sixth paragraph.

“From key investment, Trump profits on promoting coronavirus drug” is a much catchier story. But if that’s not reinforced by the data, it’s a hard story to run — and the idea that Trump’s motivation was those investments is not reinforced by the data,”Philip Bump, a correspondent, wrote in the Post.

Sexton called the MSNBC morning show “a mess.”

Sexton criticized Brzezinski for suggesting that Trump “doesn’t care enough” about his fellow Americans.

“President Trump does not want a single American to die from this,” Sexton said. The host said Trump’s interest is aligned with the interest of the American people.

Sexton said the media refuses to concede that Trump “would just root for a drug to be successful because he wants people to feel healthy again because he wants less death.”