Speaker Nancy Pelosi skipped the sugarcoating and punched the President in the gut on Monday.

Trump had announced to the world from the Oval Office that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, a prescription anti-malaria medication that he has repeatedly floated as a possible cure or preventative treatment for coronavirus. The side effects of the drug are numerous, but include dry cough, hoarseness, fever, difficulty breathing and increased incidence of cardiac arrhythmia — not ideal, Cockburn imagines, for someone with such an expansive waistline.