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[reKon]

At least it's not Killary.

 

[Mikef2000]

Merck tweeted the statement at 8:00 am; Trump tweeted at 8:54. Not sure where the 8 minutes timeline is coming from unless someone knows when Trump himself found out.

54 minutes does not make Trump look any better.

 

[louiedog]

Merck tweeted the statement at 8:00 am; Trump tweeted at 8:54. Not sure where the 8 minutes timeline is coming from unless someone knows when Trump himself found out.

Did Fox News report it at 8:46?

 

[Mivey]

Just kidding, we all know why he doesn't. Got to step carefully with Nazis and Putin.

They are key factors in him becoming President. I could see him getting completely insane by 2020 and even going after them in his second term, though.

 

[kafiend]

I dunno guys, there's many sides to this.

No there isn't. It's pretty black and white.

 

[Hazmat]

This he'll denounce. Whiny fucking baby.

 

[RumblingRosco]

You know you are scum when the CEO of a big pharma company doesn't want to be associated with you.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Is this true ?

 

[rjinaz]

"I'm not the angry racist they see in that photo."

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"As a white nationalist, I care for all people. "

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Not angry, just White European culture. I love how quickly these people backtrack once they are outed.

I think these guys forgot why in part the KKK wears hoods.

 

[louiedog]

Is this true ?

Dunno about the date, but it was talked about a lot during the election that it happened.

 

[jelly]

I wonder if Trump has a black list that he likes to cross out.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

I wonder if Trump has a black list that he likes to cross out.

If such a list exists, it would be too long to even read. Trump hates everyone minus Putin and Nazis.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Is this true ?

Yes.

 

[Netherscourge]

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council, he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!

What a fucking disgrace.

Trump completely ignores the REASON the man resigned and throws it back on prescription drug prices....

Trump is a fucking scumbag subhuman.

 

[Briarios]

No there isn't. It's pretty black and white.

I'm pretty confident his comment was sarcasm reflecting Trump's own words.

 

[mlclmtckr]

This is fucking crazy. There's no way to be a viable Republican president if big business isn't supporting you.

I wonder if the CEO cleared this with the board or if it was a private decision. I guess we'll know if he steps down in the next few days.

 

[btags]

Is this the same council that Elon Musk was on? And if so, who else is left on it?

 

[Mrbob]

My only disappointment is this council needs people that will challenge Trump but I doubt Trump listens to them anyway. This council seems useless so might as well break away from Trump.

 

[kess]

The prices were fine until now? The CEO sets them?

 

[Jag]

More info on Frazier, a better human than Trump could ever imagine being.

Frazier grew up in inner city Philadelphia. His father was a janitor with a limited education and, Frazier says, "one of the most intelligent men I've met in my life." Frazier’s father devoured two newspapers a day and, later on, his three kids' college textbooks.

The young Frazier idolized Thurgood Marshall and went to Penn State and then Harvard Law School, both on scholarship. He joined the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia in 1978, and started working with Merck with a legal victory that involved a company that sold large air-conditioning units for the tops of buildings – a business the company no longer owns.

Frazier has never been one to shrink from a fight. He has also been known to muse about Merck’s place in history. He was recruited to Merck by its legendary CEO Roy Vagelos, who, along with Carter, executed a plan to get drugs to treat a serious disease called river blindness to people in the developing world. “"I'm the last senior executive who was hired by Roy Vagelos," Frazier told me in 2013. "It's an honor, but it also imposes upon me an obligation not only to think about his legacy but also about this company's legacy."

 

[skullmuffins]

Is this the same council that Elon Musk was on? And if so, who else is left on it?

Yup.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond
With Ken Frazier’s exit, the remaining member CEOs of Trump’s jobs advisory council.

Remaining members of Trump’s strategic and advisory council.

 

[deadlast]

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
8:54 AM · Aug 14, 2017

Lol

Glad to see trump can attack a citizen but not nazis.

 

[rokkerkory]

Is this true ?

This is just nuts

 

[SolidSnakex]

Merck's stock spiked after this guy left

Stock prices for Merck & Co. jumped Monday morning shortly after the pharmaceutical company’s CEO announced he’d step down from a council advising President Trump, citing the president’s response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

Merck’s stock price rose roughly 1 percent, its biggest jump in nearly in a month, following chairman and CEO Kenneth Frazier’s announcement that he would leave Trump’s American Manufacturing Council.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/3...ceo-leaves-trump-council-over-charlottesville

 

[Crayons]

It took Trump 8 minutes to denounce Frazier but took him two days to denounce neo nazis

 

[Foffy]

It took Trump less than 30 minutes to respond to this.

Two days for an act of terrorism to name the terrorists.

Fuckin' con.

 

[aeolist]

merck donates millions to republicans and is a member of the us chamber of commerce, which has done more than almost any other body to promote conservatism.

fuck this guy and fuck his company. he gets no points for this when he's enabling trump anyway.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Under Armour CEO is just out.

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/897251323896311810