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I wonder why Trump wants to cancel cancer research when it has become so promising: (Original Post) applegrove 14 hrs ago OP
The rich don't want any money going to healthcare. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #1
25 billion every year liberal N proud 14 hrs ago #2
Far more than that. nt Celerity 14 hrs ago #3
1. He doesn't have cancer Laurelin 14 hrs ago #4
It's not his money. LisaL 14 hrs ago #5
Are you sure? Laurelin 14 hrs ago #6
to Trump, people with cancer are losers DBoon 14 hrs ago #7
I worked with a MAGA who always maintained that cancer only struck people with weak characters. Midnight Writer 13 hrs ago #8
Rich people don't want any of their money going to a cause that could possibly help the common good. Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #9
Does cancer research help average Americans? Yes, yes it does. Ergo, Trump does not want to do it. Vinca 13 hrs ago #10
Probably because he wants to find a way to extort things-- steal patents, Nixie 13 hrs ago #11
Until he lines up Trump I don't care care with quacks, they will oppose it. GreenWave 12 hrs ago #12

Irish_Dem

(82,708 posts)
1. The rich don't want any money going to healthcare.
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:15 PM
14 hrs ago

They believe all money belongs to them.

Not for us suckers and losers to go to the doctor and get treatment for illnesses.

liberal N proud

(61,205 posts)
2. 25 billion every year
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:18 PM
14 hrs ago

The corporate healthcare industry is making $25 billion dollars each year on our healthcare.

Laurelin

(967 posts)
4. 1. He doesn't have cancer
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:23 PM
14 hrs ago

2. So why should all his beautiful money pay to help people who do?

DBoon

(25,182 posts)
7. to Trump, people with cancer are losers
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:37 PM
14 hrs ago

why spend money on losers when you spend it on gold painted monuments?

Midnight Writer

(25,860 posts)
8. I worked with a MAGA who always maintained that cancer only struck people with weak characters.
Sun May 31, 2026, 05:12 PM
13 hrs ago

He said if you were a strong person with a positive outlook that you would never get cancer.

I heard him say that to the faces of people who had cancer, or whose family members had cancer.

He died at the age of 57...from cancer.

Diamond_Dog

(41,236 posts)
9. Rich people don't want any of their money going to a cause that could possibly help the common good.
Sun May 31, 2026, 05:13 PM
13 hrs ago

Vinca

(54,425 posts)
10. Does cancer research help average Americans? Yes, yes it does. Ergo, Trump does not want to do it.
Sun May 31, 2026, 05:17 PM
13 hrs ago

If it's not a benefit for the 1%, please leave him alone with his ballroom plans and his White House junk yard.

Nixie

(18,138 posts)
11. Probably because he wants to find a way to extort things-- steal patents,
Sun May 31, 2026, 05:23 PM
13 hrs ago

grift, grift, grift. After he shakes everyone down and they pay him off, he’ll consider letting scientists continue.

The patents will be $$$.

Ugh, can’t even stand to even contemplate the grifter’s reasoning for anything. So disgusted.

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