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Gonna go out on a limb and say this is a (dumb) Trump ploy to get reelected. If only America has a vaccine, then in the run-up to the election he'd talk about h
by jdm2212 7y ago
Gonna go out on a limb and say this is a (dumb) Trump ploy to get reelected. If only America has a vaccine, then in the run-up to the election he'd talk about how much better we're doing than the rest of the world and hope everyone forgets how badly his administration mismanaged the outbreak.
- hatenberg 7y agoHe just does what he always does. Throw money at it. Same as the pornstars.
- jdm2212 7y agoThe exclusivity bit is what I was referring to. The only reason [1] to make it US-exclusive is to boost reelection prospects. [1] There are other, way dumber possible reasons but I guess I'm trying to be charitable. He might not be able to wrap his head around positive-sum problems in general, or he might think that the US gains some advantage from all its trading partners having their economies destroyed.