Germany confirms that Trump tried to buy firm working on coronavirus vaccine

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  1. Mandelus

    Mandelus Well-Known Member

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    Source (example):

    https://www.politico.eu/article/ger...d-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/

    The latest insolence of the worst US President of all time ... and who still believes that the United States is our friend and ally cannot be helped because he is just a low brainer!

    Since this *** hole is secretly and insidiously trying to get the exclusive rights for the USA to the promising work of the German company on a vaccine and wants to let the others down!
    Again "America first" ... but this time he already got a kick in the butt and he can forget it ... in short: "Amerca last" is the result now!

    Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany ... or rather Trumps butt licker ... denies that, but sorry: Grenell has lost his credibility and reputation in Germany so incredibly ... nobody believes the liar for trump here anymore!

    Whoever is wondering what measures Germany has against the oh so powerful USA to prevent this ... well:

    The whole thing becomes a matter of "national security", which has the same consequences as yours in the USA!
    The US government is classified as hostile, so a total ban on contact with the US government for it (which can be increased!)
    Export ban for all knowledge and also the possible medication and also exit ban for all people involved from Germany, as well total contact ban for them too.
    Anyone who refuses - the means of penal law with the name of custody is applied.

    So think twice about what you're doing, Mr. Presindent!
     
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    Of course Grenell lies, what else should he do. That company said "no" and that's very good. Defenitely the right decision, time to move on and focus on what's important - developing a drug/vaccine that's affordable for all who need it.
     
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    Right, the whole thing can only be managed relatively quickly and collectively with concentration of all powers ... with regard to medicine / vaccine etc.
    Isolationism and "America First" is the wrong way ... but unfortunately Trump sees it differently ... and unfortunately, as always, not only a few idiots agree with him in the USA as always when he does / says crap!
    The whole thing is pretty insolent, what Donald Trump has done here ... and that will have long-term consequences.
     
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    Imagine being delusional enough to believe that the President wants to hoard a vaccine.
     
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    Trump has been elected partially because Germany encouraged illegal immigration.
     
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    ….I think the phrase the Germans should use is "eminent domain" and shove it up Trumps arse....
     
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    ROFL ... this joke was good!

    Frst of all, most of these red MAGA heads have no idea about Germany and the refugee crises in 2015 ... they only believe the bullscrapp told by the right wing bullshit media in the USA, which is more away from any truth as the next galavy to us and our milky way galaxy!

    Secondly, you show yourself to have no real clue by using the words "ecouraged illegal immigration" ... because this was no immigration in 2015!
    This was a wave of milions of people and aside those from Africa, the others fled to Europe due to be victim of US incompetence in foreign policy in Syria and Iraq! Without the incompetent US, there would be no ISIS existing!

    And finally ... to make the answer not to long ... this bullshit wall towards Mexico was much more any topic for them as any issue in Europe!
     
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    With much Vaseline creme that it enters his butt proper! ;-)
     
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    don't use lube...make him get the point...:buggered:
     
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    Everyone has seen it on TV, whatever really happens does not matter.
     
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    Oh ... you saw it on TV? relly now?
    What did you see ... all and everything what happend or only these parts which fits to make ousy opinions?

    And when reasons and what really happens do not matter ... well ... remembering a scene shown in TV where crowds - obviously immigrants as you clal them ... react somehow violent against police forces. TV told that this happend in Germany in state NRW and all the guilt of Merkel... so everything told?
    No ... this was not in Germany, but this was in Hungary. Truth and lies ... remember!
     
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    Trump was extremely keen on obtaining the exclusive rights to said vaccine and offered an unspecified amount of money to that company (it's currently valued at ~ 1.5 billion Euros) to move all of their facilities to the US. One doesn't have to be Einstein to see what that would have meant. We now have the drug and we determine who can buy how much at a price dictated by us - thank god that nightmare didn't turn into reality.
     
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    The Donald Trump administration offered "large sums of money" to get exclusive access to a coronavirus vaccine being developed by a German company, Die Welt reported Sunday.

    According to the article, Trump was trying to get the Tübingen-based CureVac company — which also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston — to move its research wing to the United States and develop the vaccine "for the U.S. only."

    A spokesperson for Germany's Health Ministry quoted in the article appeared to acknowledge the U.S. approach and said that Berlin was "very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe."

    On Sunday afternoon, Germany's Health Ministry told Reuters that its spokesperson had been quoted correctly in the newspaper article, confirming that Washington had attempted to take over the biopharmaceutical company. Government sources indicated that Berlin was now offering CureVac financial incentives to remain in Germany.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/ger...d-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/
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    Every time we think Trump can't get any lower, he proves us wrong.
     
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    Just more of trump working for America!!
     
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    This has to be fake news or a joke. Right?
     
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    So it's a bad thing that we tried to get a top virus firm to move to America? Seems like a brilliant thing to do.
     
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    He tried to price gouge on the international scene. Ow think about why price gouging is bad. It’s not just that he tried to get a company to move. It’s that he tried to make the cure the property of the US and the US alone.
     
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    Trump was extremely keen on obtaining the exclusive rights to said vaccine, not just make this company move to the US for which he offered an unspecified but likely very large amount of money; this firm is currently valued at ~ 1.5 billion €.
    The exclusive right would have meant the US has the drug and determines who on planet Earth gets how much at a price dictated by Washington. Thank god this nightmare didn't turn into reality.
     
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    Fake News.
     
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    Nice to see the president working on getting a vaccine for rhe American people!
     
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    This is one of those reports that needs to be taken with a grain of salt. I am extremely dubious as to the truth of this article. It's probably fiction. To start the title is misleading. It infers that Trump is personally trying to buy the company. In the article it states that he "very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe." Big difference between getting them to move and trying to personally buying the company.
    I don't doubt that he tries to get them to move but I find it hard to believe anything behind that.
     
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    Horde? Na. Profit? Sure.
     
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    America became evil so gradually, I hardly noticed. Like the metaphorical frog in the pot.

    Remember, most Americans didn't vote for this loser. It's only because of a stupid archaic electoral system that he's even in there. And it won't be for much longer.
     
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    I disagree.. collectivization is always slower and produces poorer results than individuals or small groups working hard on their own achievements with very little oversight.

    America first? Damn right!!!

    You should be for your country first.

    Globalization is what made this the problem that it is.


    Ohh. And Trump is free to offer to buy any business he wants.
     
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    It's not that he wants to hoard it, it's that he wants to own the rights to it for profit.
     

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