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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 09:38 PM Apr 2020

The French Connection: Trump Family Trusts Are Invested in Hydroxychloroquine Maker

Source: MSN

President Donald Trump and his allies in the conservative media sphere have repeatedly pushed the health benefits of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for patients who have contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). While scientific opinion on the efficacy of the drug for treatment of the COVID-19 disease is necessarily shy of consensus, Trump himself has a personal financial interest in a French drugmaker that produces a brand-name version of the medication.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-french-connection-trump-family-trusts-are-invested-in-hydroxychloroquine-maker/ar-BB12he2q?ocid=sf2


O! the Trump Cabal.

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The French Connection: Trump Family Trusts Are Invested in Hydroxychloroquine Maker (Original Post) Cryptoad Apr 2020 OP
Who would have thought?? Srkdqltr Apr 2020 #1
This was in the Times on Monday and no mention on teevee? WTFIUWT? mobeau69 Apr 2020 #2
Kind of small time investments though with Trump maybe enough to influence him captain queeg Apr 2020 #3
heard on msnbc Cryptoad Apr 2020 #4
It figures. He called this pandemic fight a war. I call what he's doing war profiteering. brush Apr 2020 #5
K&R, uponit7771 Apr 2020 #6

captain queeg

(10,085 posts)
3. Kind of small time investments though with Trump maybe enough to influence him
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 09:48 PM
Apr 2020

I think his motivation is just to find a way to smooth over his spectacular fuck ups around the pandemic. And it’s now a generic so I’m sure lots of people produce the medication.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
4. heard on msnbc
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:14 PM
Apr 2020

that the feds have already purchased a million doses for the national stockpile..... havent heard how much that was but i bet a good chunk of change

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