Tractors drove across Zahara de los Atunes, a beach on the southern coast of Spain, spraying a bleach solution to disinfect it of the coronavirus.
The move was met with public outcry, namely from local environmentalists who said it caused "brutal" damage to the ecosystem of Zahara de los Atunes.
Spain's Greenpeace organization compared the move to Trump's "sarcastic" suggestion that experts should research if disinfectants can be injected into the human body to cure the coronavirus.
City official Agustín Conejo apologized for the "wrong" move, saying that it was only meant to combat the infectious coronavirus.
