"My big beef at the moment is, yes, thank God, maybe there's peace, after more things are sorted out. But there are crimes against millions of other people that are happening because of governments and stigma and hate. It's so frustrating when you have the medicine, you have PrEP, you have the antiretrovirals. We can stop the spread of AIDS, if people just got off their backsides and treated human beings in a Christian kind of way."
"But there's another war with people who are suffering from HIV and AIDS that should be able to get their medicine but can't, because governments won't let them. It's inhumane."
"President Trump has maybe solved the peace problem," he said. "If he wants to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history... if he ended AIDS, that would really be a feather in his cap."
Sir Elton John said Donald Trump could become one of the greatest presidents if he ended AIDS. He expressed frustration with countries in Africa, Russia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe that block access to HIV medicines, calling the situation inhumane. He emphasized that available prevention and treatment—PrEP and antiretrovirals—can stop the spread of AIDS if governments stop stigmatizing people and allow access. He called for Republican political support and appealed to Trump's vanity, saying ending AIDS would be a feather in his cap. John has prior familiarity with Trump and has declined to perform at his inauguration.
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