Iâm convinced that if a rabid leftist was dying of thirst and President Trump offered him water, heâd refuse to drink it. This is perhaps the best analogy for whatâs happening right now with hydroxychloroquine, a decades-old malaria drug that has repeatedly shown to be an effective treatment for COVID-19, but that Democrats and the media have relentlessly dismissed ever since President Trump first touted it back in March as a possible game-changer.