Trump Humiliated And Forced To Cancel Meeting After Drug Companies Refuse To Show Up

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/07/27/trump-drug-company-meeting.html

Posted on Mon, Jul 27th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Trump Humiliated And Forced To Cancel Meeting After Drug Companies Refuse To Show Up


Trump was forced to cancel a meeting with the nation’s five largest pharmaceutical companies after they refused to show up.

Politico reported:

A White House meeting with top pharmaceutical executives that President Donald Trump promised for Tuesday is off, five industry sources familiar with discussions told POLITICO. Three said the drug-pricing discussion was canceled because the major drug lobbies, reeling from Friday’s cluster of executive orders on the topic, refused to send any members.

Drugmakers and Trump were slated to discuss an executive order, signed Friday but not yet released, that would order health officials to release a plan linking Medicare payments for certain medicines to lower costs paid abroad. The provision, known as a most-favored-nations rule, has been lambasted by the drug industry and some patient groups that say it would curb innovation and reduce drug access.

No one is happy with Trump’s executive order, but instead of coming to the White House to make their case to Trump, the drug companies think so little of Trump that they are blowing him off in a sure sign that they don’t fear this president or any potential retribution from him.

Trump’s power has diminished to such a degree that companies have gone from tripping over themselves to get some good publicity from one his tweets to not bothering to show up at the White House for a meeting.

There is no greater sign than a president is on his way to being voted out than when he is ignored.

[smirkymonkey]

1. K&R

[H2O Man]

16. I'll bet that

Trump is really pleasant to be around right now.

[smirkymonkey]

27. He's not used to people saying no to him.

Or blowing him off. As dense as he is, even he has to see the writing on the wall and he must be infuriated and deeply wounded at the same time. He is losing his power and there isn't anything he can do about it. The thing he will never realize is that it is all his own doing.

He is his own worst enemy, but he will rage at and blame everyone around him for what is going wrong in his life. Can you imagine what it would be like to live in his skin? He must be the most miserably unhappy, rage-filled person on the face of the earth! I wouldn't trade places with him for all the money in the world.

[H2O Man]

28. Well said.

Very well said, indeed (as usual!).

He laxks the capacity to accept that it's him that people dislike. He will project his anger on anyone and everyone else.

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. What sucks bigly is he'll exact his revenge on us all even moreso then usual.

[SWBTATTReg]

53. Serves the PINO idiot right. Everyone is no longer paying attn to him, ignoring his worthless ...

and numerous attempts to cry 'WOLF!', he still is pushing therapies for the CV that have been debunked (probably because the scumbag has some ownership of the drug he's pushing all of the time), is scamming campaign funds right and left (we all knew that) and of course all of this is just what we can see.

I would love Biden to push an executive order out immediately once he's in the WH to immediately post a reward of 10% of recovered/or illegally obtained federal funds diverted illegally to rump and/or rump controlled entity (business or person(s)) and charge, prosecute and execute judgment on rump with a special task force especially nominated for this purpose and any republican hindering the effort should be RICO'ed along w/ them too.

I hope he has a rage-induced stroke.

Take care and be safe!

[Laelth]

2. It is actually a GOOD Executive Order.

That’s part of why the exploitative pharmaceutical companies don’t want to talk about it.

-Laelth

[paleotn]

5. Maybe, unless you're Canada...

I don't think they're in any mood to become Amurka's drug warehouse. Secondly, you can't do this by imperial edict of the Grand Cyclops. He's not a king.

[Laelth]

10. He ordered them to come up with a plan. That's all.

In all fairness, he probably lacks the power to do even that.

-Laelth

[Dios Mio]

6. It's all about profit and fear of regulation.

If only a handful critical drugs were readily available to everyone (diabetic and anti hypertensives) lives and money would be saved by early treatment. It wouldn’t affect profits much but drug companies are afraid to crack open the door to price controls.

[SkyDaddy7]

11. It just goes to show...

How far in over his head Trump is!! Trump is so incredibly ignorant & grossly incompetent he writes an EO in an effort to force PRIVATE INDUSTRY to lower prices on drugs but he’s been trying to take health insurance away from millions of Americans & refuses to use his powers via the “Defense Production Act” to organize private industry to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic...Because he doesn’t want to interfere with the FREE MARKET!!

...Trump is a FOOL!

[DENVERPOPS]

15. Trump is so ignorant

he doesn't understand as a Fascist Tyrant, you are only supposed to do things that make corporations MORE profitable............

[WinstonSmith4740]

26. That's because

He and his minions think Fascism is a left wing political belief.

[Trenzalore]

19. Will it stand up in court

I doubt it. The minute it is released it will be challenged.

He can have his executive order tomorrow if he told Mitch to have a vote on the text.

[Laelth]

21. No. I very much doubt it.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to call the Order “well-intentioned,” although I hesitate to ascribe good intentions to Trump.

-Laelth

[Volaris]

30. That's part of why I'm not sure how to feel about this...

I'll admit, it ALSO pisses me off that they just said 'meh.--fuck the gubment, we do what we want'.

No...that's not how this works. At ALL. Yes, trump is an asshole. And yes, he might not get reelected. But that's beside the fact.

Donald Trump, asshole or not, ELECTED or not, is LEGALLY the Head of State of the united states of america and its executive branch, and that means that when he asks you to show up and consider a thing, you fucking well do that.

This same thing was done to obama in spirit for a lot of his presidency, AND to can bet your ass it will be tried with Biden as well. Trump rightly can fuck right off, but as long as he represents WE THE PEOPLE (even if HE doesnt take that seriously most of the time), who the hell are some random-ass drug company exec's to treat US this way?

Maybe this isnt even about trump. Maybe I'm just tired of the complete LACK OF GRATITUDE ,considering what their corporate tax rates have been for the last 40 years or so.

[yardwork]

36. This isn't an effective way to accomplish the goal. As shown.

[central scrutinizer]

41. Grifters vs. grifters

The best outcome is they both are bloodied and wounded.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

48. it's a desperate political stunt. we are a nation of laws--not executive orders

[LymphocyteLover]

54. not as good as a law though

[BootinUp]

3. An FU to Donnyboy? Lol. Lovin it. Nt

[calimary]

22. I've got one of those! Can I join in?

I'll match 'em, FU for FU.

I just realized it's not quite a matching fund. It's half a matching fund! It's a matching FU!

[paleotn]

4. And his executive orders are meaningless....

Once again, DONNIE, it doesn't work that way. You're not a damn king. You're a stupid ass.

[Dios Mio]

8. He

seems to have a bit of trouble digesting that realisation.

[riversedge]

7. So, Trump's big Exec. order announced late last week on lowering drug prices is a DUD!.............

A White House meeting with top pharmaceutical executives that President Donald Trump promised for Tuesday is off, five industry sources familiar with discussions told POLITICO. Three said the drug-pricing discussion was canceled because the major drug lobbies, reeling from Friday’s cluster of executive orders on the topic, refused to send any members.

[SunSeeker]

9. They see him as a dead man walking. nt

[magicarpet]

12. A rotting corpse in the hot desert sun,... nobody wants to get near it.

[Xolodno]

13. He just wanted a photo op and a commitment...

...from the drug companies they will work on a solution, for good publicity for his campaign. Like a snake oil salesman. Then drop the issue later, since his base are all marks.

Bottom line, the execs already know he's a dead man walking and have to prepare for a Biden Presidency and possibly a Democratic Senate and House....which will move on them hard. They are circling the wagons and trying to see how much they can hold on to.

[RockCreek]

14. Maybe at least part if it was that hey really didn't want to visit the visit the WH COVID den.

But thought that saying that would piss him off more than saying they weren't coming onky for the other reasons they gave.

[Blue Owl]

17. How'd that all work out for you, little Donny?

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[lastlib]

18. This keeps up, he'll be free to throw out that first pitch---

if there's a baseball game.........

[Leith]

20. It's only fair

He doesn't let anyone in his administration speak to Congress. So now he can go and have his little hissy fit for being treated the same way.

[WinstonSmith4740]

23. I'm in no way a fan of "Big Pharma"

But, damn. This feels good. If only Republican elected officials had 10% of the spine these guys just exhibited, he would have been out of office within his first year.

[James48]

24. I saw a drug lobby TV ad today

About “Don’t let international countries tell YOU what to pay for medicine”. And then it went on and on about big bad foreigners, drug prices, and reducing research for new drugs.

That must scare the profits off those drug companies so bad they jumped straight to ads- paid for by the National Association of Manufacturers!

[Politicub]

51. For much of government procurement, companies are legally

bound to charge government at the lowest price its customers’ pay.

There’s no good reason why this same idea can’t be extended to include drugs for Medicare (and the forthcoming Public Option) recipients.

I do not believe the pharma-industry spin.

[lpbk2713]

25. They have dealt with Trump before.

They have no desire to sit there and listen to his lies and to let him put words in their mouths.

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. I guess his ass has lost its flavor.

Like that stick of Juicy Fruit that you keep chewing long after it's neither juicy nor fruity. Eventually one just spits it out.

Or maybe they're just now remembering the old advice that when you kiss Rump's rump, you're also kissing everyone else who's kissed Rump's rump. Something like that.

[jcgoldie]

31. Art of the deal!

It's the negotiating strategy where the other side just pretends you don't exist. Stable genius!

[Ilsa]

32. Jon Noughton should be painting trump as this:

[warmfeet]

33. He thinks he rules the world by decree.

What a sorry ass loser!

Here is my cheer for the sorry loser.

tRump sounds like shit, because he is shit.

[Captain Zero]

35. The normal way to do this is

Have both house of Congress pass a bill and he signs it, but the House would pass one, and Trump's buddy Mitch would block it in the Senate.

So the drunk CEOs probably figured they don't have to sign on to an EO with him.

I bet this was a big show to dilute Barrs testimony in Congress tomorrow. Now Bill the Gestapo Man will be on full display.

[oldsoftie]

37. Well, screw THEM. Letting Medicare negotiate pricing is a big deal.

[Demovictory9]

38. a humiliated Trump is dangerous. Expect exec order making aspirin illegal or some such nonsense

he can't let a snub go unanswered.

[BadGimp]

39. Am I wrong or was he trying to do a GOOD thing for many Americans?

[Chemisse]

42. It does sound like it, doesn't it? Must be some kind of mistake.

He probably misread a memo. Also, ruling by royal command is not the way to go about it.

[KentuckyWoman]

40. One of the largest financial sector employers has refused an invite as well.

A relative works for them. They have successfully shifted about 95% of their US (and worldwide) employees to work from home. Even the phone groups. The company was recently invited to provide a representative to weigh in for the White House Coronavirus team and they declined. Not only that, but also sent a company wide email that they did so, explaining why.

The primary reasons they stated were they were less affected as a company by stay at home orders. Business is actually up, and they are in hiring mode. With a work from home workforce, stay at home orders are a non issue. More than half the email dealt with corporate values of diversity and respect. While not specifically stated, it was pretty clear they have chosen to shun DJT's entire Admin.

[BComplex]

43. You mean he was actually going to make companies lower their exorbitant drug prices and they

didn't like it?

[democrattotheend]

55. I know. I don't know why people are cheering the drug companies here

We can debate whether Trump's executive order was the best way to do it, but Democrats have been trying to get lower drug prices and reimportation from Canada for at least two decades. As much as I can't stand Trump, he's actually on the right side of this one.

[pecosbob]

44. This why Dems will use both houses of Congress to ream Big Pharma a new a**hole

Just as we will do when we re-write the tax code to tax capital gains as personal income and outlaw corporate spending in political campaigns.

[BComplex]

56. I hope your wish list comes true.

That would be nice!

[Coventina]

45. I'm sure "Pharma Bro" is available for a meeting.

Actually, maybe the two of them will end up being cellmates!!!

[captain queeg]

46. Yep. Also, not sure he'd ever even contacted them to come for a meeting

He’s famous for announcing some meeting that hadn’t even set up yet. This one going to make him sad.

[Larissa]

47. Has it ever occurred to Trump

. . . that after he leaves the White House for the last time, he'll still have to live in this world somehow. Does he not realize that in his quest to destroy others he has become a self-made pariah?

February, 2017: President Obama spontaneously applauded in NYC

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

49. Well, he still has Cult45 madly devoted to him.

They'll buy whatever shitty products he sells and consume whatever BS his his media org spews.

[mdbl]

50. This whole thing just plays into the hands of the conspiracy theorists bitch about Covid19

being a fake diseases made up by Bill Gates, Fauci, fake reporting of deaths, and the drug companies. They should have met with him and asked him to quit lying. That would have been more productive.

[Nitram]

52. More's the pity. It sounds like Trump was trying to force them to lower drug prices to bring them

more in line with the lower prices they charge overseas customers. Trump is now so weak that he can't even get good policy implemented.

[Nululu]

57. They know he's a lame duck nt