• yesman@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Just for a little context, this program was started under W. Bush and is widely seen as his primary or sole positive legacy.

    I can’t prove this is designed to aggravate the Bushes and their supporters. But who can seriously say that Trump and his henchmen wouldn’t be that petty?

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    So how do you justify this villainy? Just revoking anything that helps

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    1 month ago

    There was literally an interview with Bill Gates published yesterday where he was saying he was optimistic since Trump appeared to be listening when he discussed the global AIDS pandemic over dinner.

    So much for that I guess.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, he was listening, he listened and listened well. And what he learned is that there are sick people wasting resources he can take away.

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    Politically, this was a key proponent in creating and managing difficult alliances with African, Asian, and South American countries. China, and potentially Russia and India have been waiting for this splinter. They will flood the markets with cheaper generics and people will adapt. This will be a power play America will never recover.