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Lol, that was quick. Effectively, “Thanks for your supporters but we’ll be fine without you”.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

pharmaceutical companies probably made some lucrative deals with Trump to be pro vaccine. This guy learned from first hand why he should not suck up to a guy who worships money and power

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 hours ago

I would love nothing more than for this to be true and to hit that one RFK fan we have on lemmy with it, but the article doesn't really give much evidence to support the title.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

If you think RFK's whiplash is bad, wait until Musk finds out Trump has no more need for him either.

[–] Rawdogthatexe 3 points 2 hours ago

Didn't Musk find that out the first time too? He was advising Trump in 2016 and had a falling out after Trump left the Paris climate agreement.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Musk has money to give Trump

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Musk doesn't want to give money to Trump.

Must wanted Trump elected so he could make his self driving systems road legal for robotaxis. He's hoping to get all that money back and then some. If he gets what he wants, he'll be most of the way towards being a trillionaire.

But Trump is not a man who pays his debts and I'm here for the inevitable betrayal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Also, he doesn’t want Trump to ban EVs, or otherwise put up roadblocks to their adoption.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

But bear meat stocks are at an all time high

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I see nothing in the article that indicates Trump himself feels this way. What his "advisors" think is irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

The advisors are what makes this time different from last time. This time, they have a plan. Turnip loves when other people come up with plans, because he can't.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 4 hours ago

As if manipulating the toddler is difficult.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (5 children)

He doesn't need RFK to run the FDA, because Trump is going to just scuttle it entirely.

Science bad! Doctors bad! Let the drug companies do what they want! Freedumb y'all!

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[–] [email protected] 172 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

This is legit the best political news this week by a wide margin. It’s still gonna fucking suck but at least we won’t have to worry about fucking polio on top of it

[–] [email protected] 100 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Kentucky voted to keep public taxpayer dollars from going to private schools.

It's not much, but it's a small win for us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Yup, Missouri voted to allow abortion again. It isn't much either, another small win. That was completely negated when they overwhelmingly voted for the man that will ban it nationally.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago

Let's see if that even matters. Red States have a history of ignoring votes like that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 19 hours ago

Good work Kentucky! I don’t get to say this enough but I’m proud of you.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

It's definitely a big relief. Here I was expecting the US to throw out a century of medical advancements and halt all vaccine research, which is not only very bad for the US, but leaves a lot of other countries in the lurch (fortunately at least for Australia, our first mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant should be online next year).

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Lest anyone think this is about policy or even politics - it ain't.

This is about the wrong guy getting the headlines. Simple as.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Broken clock. But honestly this is for the best old brain worm is insane.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Wait a second, you mean Trump just used the guy and is now dropping him like a half-eaten Big Mac? I am shocked. SHOCKED, I say.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Don’t be ridiculous.

Trump would never eat only half a Big Mac

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

He already ate 3 full ones. This is the remnants of the 4th.

[–] Enkers 14 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Half eaten salad? No, he'd never eat any of a salad. Not enough cholesterol.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

Imagine thinking a Donald Trump promise holds any value

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Him not following through on shit is all the hope I have left.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As a nearly 80 year old man who is likely eating a fistful of pills every morning, he might want to ensure that the FDA is still regulating that stuff.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

You don't really need that if you have access to money. You just get a real doctor, not one of the quacks that you drag out for political theater to appease the ignorant conspiracy loving base.

US drugs unsafe? import them from europe or directly from the pharmaceutical company that makes them.

The only people who get fucked by these decisions are the "normal" people without great wealth or connections.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody wants JFK Jr in charge of their health, not even Trump and they knew it from the start. But good to see.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

"The guy with the brain worm? I never met him!"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

So we're past the "big tent" stage and to the "Stabbing in the back" stage.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 20 hours ago

That took what like a quarter of a mooch?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago

Just wait until him and Elon get at each others' throats.

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