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Friday, March 20th, 2020

Trump offered German firm ‘large sum’ for exclusive coronavirus vaccine — to make sure it would be available for profit: report

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Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     March 16, 2020
 Link: Trump offered German firm ‘large sum’ for exclusive coronavirus vaccine — to make sure it would be available for profit: report
Stephan:   This is how Trump the despicable behaves.

Trump and some Trumpers

German lawmakers and government officials voiced outrage at reporting Sunday that the Trump administration is seeking to secure exclusive rights to a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by the German firm CureVac as the pandemic spreads and takes lives across the globe.

The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing an anonymous German government official, reported Sunday that the Trump administration offered CureVac $1 billion to hand the U.S. exclusive rights to a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

Trump wants the vaccine “only for the USA,” the German official said. The New York Times confirmed late Sunday that the Trump administration attempted to persuade CureVac to move its research to the U.S., offering the company what one German official described as a “large sum” of money.

“Germany is not for sale,” economy minister Peter Altmaier declared in response to the bombshell reporting, which White House officials said was overblown.

“International cooperation is important now, not national self-interest,” said conservative lawmaker Erwin Rueddel, […]

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1 Comment

  1. Kevin on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 5:59 am

    I live in the US and I am happy the president is concerned for the citizens who elected him. Why was that Germany closing the boarder lol. Fake globalist outrage.