Lucy Campbell, The Guardian ; For Trump, there’s Columbus Day and Victory Day, but no World Aids Day
[Kip Currier: Not recognizing December 1st's World AIDS Day is another clear indication of what Trump 2.0 values and prioritizes and what it doesn't.
Ask yourself why Trump wouldn't continue acknowledging this public health and humanitarian effort that began in 1988.
As an interesting side note, Trump's mentor Roy Cohn -- who, as the BBC noted in 2024, taught Trump to "attack, counterattack and never apologise" -- passed away from AIDS in 1986 at the age of 59.
Seeing the examples cited in this Guardian article of topics Trump has commemorated makes the administration's explanation even more unconvincing.]
[Excerpt]
"For the first time since 1988 the US government said it will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, which honors those who have lost their lives to the disease, celebrates efforts to combat the epidemic and raises awareness.
“An awareness day is not a strategy,” a state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, told the New York Times.
However, since returning to office Donald Trump has signed multiple proclamations for awareness days – and awareness weeks and awareness months – on topics that are apparently more to his liking. They include:"
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