Donald Trump Blasts Merck Pharma Executive for ‘Ripoff Drug Prices’ After Quitting Advisory Panel

Donald Trump Blasts Merck Pharma Executive for ‘Ripoff Drug Prices’ After Quitting Advisory Panel

by Charlie Spiering 14 Aug 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/14/trump-blasts-merck-pharma-executive-ripoff-drug-prices/

President Donald Trump criticized Merck Pharma’s Kenneth Frazier after the pharmaceutical executive resigned from Trump’s American Manufacturing Council in protest of his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.

“Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President’s Manufacturing Council, he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Frazier resigned from the council, citing his disappointment with Trump’s response after an alt-right rally erupted in violence in Charlottesville.

“America’s leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal,” Frazier said in a statement. “As CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”

Frazier’s decision earned rave reviews from Trump’s critics, including former National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama Susan Rice.

“Thanks for standing strong for principle, Ken,” she wrote on Twitter.

Susan Rice

Susan E. Rice was the former U.S. ambassador to UN, White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the American Constitution Society, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and the Committee for Economic Development.

Thomas H. Glocer is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at Merck.

Merck was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member for the American Constitution Society, the attorney general for the Barack Obama administration, an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Merck was his client, and is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.

Covington & Burling LLP is the lobby firm for Merck.

Patricia F. Russo is a director at Merck, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Raymond V. Gilmartin was the president & CEO for Merck, and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and her sister is Denise M. Morrison.

James S. Turley is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and was a member of the President's Export Council.

Denise M. Morrison is Mary Agnes Wilderotter’s sister, a member of the President's Export Council, and a member of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative.

Kenneth C. Frazier is a member of the President's Export Council, a member of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, and the chairman & president & CEO for Merck.

Arne M. Sorenson is a member of the President's Export Council, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lois Dickson Fitt was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is Susan E. Rice’s mother.

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the former U.S. ambassador to UN, White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is Lois Dickson Fitt’s daughter.

Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Kenneth C. Frazier is a member of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, a member of the President's Export Council, and the chairman & president & CEO for Merck.