Trump says FDA slowing coronavirus research to hurt him in election

[left-of-center2012]

US President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday (Aug 22) that employees at the US Food and Drug Administration are attempting to sabotage his re-election campaign by slowing down research on coronavirus treatments.

Mr Trump tweeted, without evidence, that members of "the deep state" at the regulatory agency are making it hard for drug companies to "get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics" and "obviously" want to delay progress until after Nov 3, Election Day.
The "deep state" is a term used by Mr Trump to describe employees of government agencies that he believes are manipulating policy to work against his interests.

Mr Trump also recycled criticism of the FDA's decision in June to revoke an emergency use authorization of the malaria drug hydrochloroquine for treating Covid-19. "Many doctors and studies disagree with this!" Mr Trump tweeted.

Separately, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that more individual labs could develop their own tests for Covid-19 and other diseases after a policy shift no longer requiring them to get FDA review before use.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/trump-says-fda-slowing-coronavirus-research-to-hurt-him-in-election

[soothsayer]

1. Paranoia will destroy ya'

I hope

[malaise]

2. Does this whiner ever stop?

It's not always about him

[tanyev]

3. And don't forget that jerk who wanted to slow down testing!

He’s really hurting your re-election chances.

[RainCaster]

4. Trump is fast at sex.

Fast in pharma research is fatal
Don't be like Donald.

[vlyons]

5. The whole universe is conspiring against him

There is a merrily bubbling cauldron of hot liquid molten lead that awaits him in Hell, and numerous demons tending the barbeque fire over which they will roast him slowly. There is no love, no compassion, no friendliness, no help, no rest, no peace in Hell. Just fear, hatred, cruelty, vengence, deceit, and ill-will. All of which are projections of his very own mind. And by that definition, Trump is already in Hell -- all day, every day.

There is a way to instantly pop out of Hell, and that is to show a kindness to another suffering soul. "Here let me carry that big boulder, while you sit down a rest a while." But of course being selflessly kind would never occur to Trump. Which is why he will remain in Hell for eons.

[gratuitous]

6. This from President Slow the Testing Down?

I suspect Trump's memory is shot, so he doesn't remember from one day to the next the nonsense he's spewed. But the rest of us are operating under no such handicap, and don't have to buy into whatever today's deathless pronouncement is.

[The Genealogist]

7. Yes, Dirty Donnie, an entire bureau of the government...

is united in its commitment to screwing up your chances of reelection. For God's sake, you manbaby. You're doing a bang-up job at screwing up your own chances. They don't need to lift a finger.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Trump has had his thumb up his ass the whole time as cases went from 15 to over 5,000.000.

Now he is blaming The Deep State for slowing things down?