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Speaking on Fox Business this Wednesday, former President Donald Trump pushed the idea that potential COVID-19 booster shots to prolong immunity to the virus are actually just a money grab from Big Pharma.
"You know what, that sounds to me like a money-making operation for Pfizer, okay, think of the money involved. That's tens of billions of dollars," Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo. "If you're a pure businessman you'll say, 'You know what, let's give them another shot, $10 billion of money coming in,' the whole thing is crazy."
But according to Trump's critics on Twitter, him reinforcing vaccine hesitancy after touting his role in bringing COVID-19 vaccines to market is a special kind of stupid.
Trump will be one the first to get his booster shot, while his rhetoric like this will get his supporters killed. He's pretty much evil.https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Lachlan McIntosh (@Lachlan McIntosh) 1629301939
Trump is a clear and present dangerhttps://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Luke Zaleski (@Luke Zaleski) 1629301966
Fight the disease? Nah. Never even occurs to him. All he sees is money changing hands and he's not getting a cut.https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Abel Undercity, Vaxxed and Relaxed (@Abel Undercity, Vaxxed and Relaxed) 1629303640
Well, that's close to the worst thing he could say.https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— David French (@David French) 1629300372
LOL what would Trump know about making moneyhttps://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Alex Palombo (@Alex Palombo) 1629301299
Interesting coming from the guy with ties to the Regeneron company who has their experimental antibody cocktailhttps://twitter.com/politicalwire/status/1428017732491034635\u00a0\u2026— William Rodgers Jr (@William Rodgers Jr) 1629301542
What the holy Fuck is wrong with this guy? Don't answer....we know. But here's what he said this morning, from Raw Story:\nFormer President Donald Trump ranted against vaccine booster shots and falsely insisted that the Covid-19 virus was "virtually gone" when he left office.https://twitter.com/thomaskaine5/status/1428005118289584138\u00a0\u2026— Dushan Skorich\ud83d\uddd3\ud83d\udcfa\ud83d\udcca (@Dushan Skorich\ud83d\uddd3\ud83d\udcfa\ud83d\udcca) 1629299507
For God\u2019s sake lock him up !https://twitter.com/rawstory/status/1428003426487521286\u00a0\u2026— Dani\u00e8le Lorain (@Dani\u00e8le Lorain) 1629298447
What an idiot. \n\nHe does realize vaccines are his GREATEST SUCCESS, right?https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Pradheep J. Shanker) 1629300498
Are we really going to pretend that Trump won\u2019t get the booster shot?https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Markos Moulitsas (@Markos Moulitsas) 1629301297
translation: Trump got his boosterhttps://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1428013581669478403\u00a0\u2026— Cheri Jacobus (@Cheri Jacobus) 1629303647
Can we just arrest him already?— Alec (@Alec) 1629298725
