Trump Fires HIV/AIDS Council In Its Entirety By FEDEX Letter, Report Claims

Newsweek ^ | Dec 29, 2017 | Callum Paton

[Oshkalaboomboom]

President Donald Trump fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday, reportedly informing them without explanation with a letter delivered by FedEx.

The mass dismissal of the advisers marked another nadir in the administration’s dealing with the council. In June, six members resigned from PACHA writing in an open letter, published in Newsweek, saying the Trump White House was pushing for legislation that would harm people living with HIV.

Scott A. Schoettes, a Chicago-based HIV/AIDS activist and one of the members of the advisory panel who resigned over the summer, tweeted yesterday that the remaining council members had been fired for calling President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “dangerous.”

“Remaining #HIV/AIDS council members booted by @realDonaldTrump. No respect for their service,” Schoettes wrote on the social media site. “Dangerous that #Trump and Co. (Pence esp.) are eliminating few remaining people willing to push back against harmful policies, like abstinence-only sex ed,” he added.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Bad, bad President Trump. He should have used the USPS, not FEDEX.

[BlessedBeGod]

Bad, bad President Trump. He should have used the USPS, not FEDEX

Why USPS? Use email. That's free.

[gubamyster]

Newsweek...... I’m sure the real story will come out in the next day or two.

[Sacajaweau]

I like “without explanation”. Nothing to chew on!!

[Lurker]

SNTOWY.

L

[chris37]

Wait, he didn’t use the Post Office? LOL!

I’m guessing he didn’t want his letter to get lost in the mail.

[WayneS]

I think the writer is confusing nadir with acme.

;-)

[fwdude]

It’s been long enough. If people cannot figure out after decades of AIDS education, sometimes over-the-top “education,” how to avoid catching and spreading it, then their blood be on their own heads.

[thesharkboy]

The mass dismissal of the advisers marked another nadir in the administration’s dealing with the council.

Looks like the Newsweak typist confused "nadir" and "zenith."

[WayneS]

The decision by an administrator to clear house at PACHA is not unprecedented. The Obama administration eliminated all of George W. Bush’s appointees in the same way.

And yet, Newsweek did not publish an article about it at the time...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

We're spending billions of dollars on a disease that is mostly preventable.

The only people who should get assistance is those who contract AIDS through no fault of their own (bad blood transfusion, for example).

[Sacajaweau]

Looks like just another UNNECESSARY finger of the CDC.

[DariusBane]

MAGA. Saves money!

[robroys woman]

I gotta hit the gym more. This winning is getting exhausting!

[fwdude]

He should just get rid of this worthless advisory council altogether.

[kenmcg]

Probably no show jobs, and no doubt the Trumpster is loaded with valid reasons for their firing. Let them squeal.

[txhurl]

There may be some Haiti corruption news about to break with this.

[Rebelbase]

“I like “without explanation”. Nothing to chew on!!”

‘Effective immediately YOUR’RE FIRED!’

[jerod]

Boo hoo... Advisory council’s are a waste of time and money.

[Colo9250]

Actually he wanted it to get delivered this year, that is why he went with Fedex.