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LessAspin

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38. Trump is basically Dr. Smith in Lost in Space

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2020, 12:51 PM

Mar 2020

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Trump seeks EXCLUSIVE rights to vaccine in development in Germany [View all] janterry Mar 2020 OP

Large sums of TAXPAYER money, Scarsdale Mar 2020 #1

Or Russian money. wnylib Mar 2020 #12

Could this be seen by some as SOCIALISM? KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #14

K&R - damn fool is looking to profit from the vaccine. Hope Chancellor Merkel will put a stop to onetexan Mar 2020 #23

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahha malaise Mar 2020 #2

What the fuck is this? Aviation Pro Mar 2020 #3

Wow DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #4

Here's an article from a German source.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #5

Please pardon the following language. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #6

+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #37

The evil grifting bastard. gademocrat7 Mar 2020 #7

This is "Dr Evil" type stuff htuttle Mar 2020 #8

Exclusive rights? WTF sense would that even make? Wouldn't it usually be manufactured everywhere brewens Mar 2020 #9

The "sense" it makes is his usual sense: self promotion JHB Mar 2020 #19

he would negotiate prices world wide if its all his.. he needs to be stopped.. samnsara Mar 2020 #28

$ure, but thi$ i$ trump*$ brain. Luz Mar 2020 #22

Pure evil. Money grubbing a$$hole. mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #11

By contrast, Jonas Salk, the founder of the Polio Vaccine: no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #13

I remember when my grade school wnylib Mar 2020 #18

That was the Sabin vaccine PCIntern Mar 2020 #26

You're right. Thanks. wnylib Mar 2020 #31

What a great quote! Thanks Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #20

Angela likely will have something to say about this. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #15

He is not only an evil profiteer, wnylib Mar 2020 #16

Imagine what he will do if he is still wnylib Mar 2020 #17

WTH! 'Only' for the U.S. and screw the rest of the world? WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #21

Reading between the lines - two ways to read this Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #24

Yes, I thought both of those as well janterry Mar 2020 #25

I'd be very worried about a company that sells a vaccine to Merlot Mar 2020 #27

He follows the axiom of "never let a good crisis go to waste"............... nt mitch96 Mar 2020 #29

If that's true, it needs to be screaming from every teevee 2naSalit Mar 2020 #30

The evil of Donald Trump is limitless. dalton99a Mar 2020 #32

ANOTHER reason not to hire a (purported) successful businessman for President Mr. Ected Mar 2020 #33

He wants a cut! kentuck Mar 2020 #34

Count on it every time. It's revolting. nt crickets Mar 2020 #35

quid pro quo? perhaps? IcyPeas Mar 2020 #40

How would you feel... lame54 Mar 2020 #36

Trump is basically Dr. Smith in Lost in Space LessAspin Mar 2020 #38

What an evil, evil man. ReformedGOPer Mar 2020 #39

Likely he wants money from the test kits, too, hence delay. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #41

I have no doubt he'll make certain that he janterry Mar 2020 #42

Who would put it past him aquamarina Mar 2020 #43