Anyone watching U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s autism announcements ¡ª from the unproven medical claims to the self-proclaimed expertise ¡ª on Monday could have been forgiven for having flashbacks.

There were strong echoes of the U.S. president¡¯s pandemic performance during his first term, when he once famously mused about injecting disinfectant to counter COVID.

Five years later, the Republican¡¯s claims were almost as eye-popping.