TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech a national commitment to end transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, with a goal of stopping its spread in this country by 2030. A senior administration official with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s preparations confirmed the plan on Monday, in advance of the address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening. Government scientists have been working for months on the plan, which calls for an expanded effort to prevent infections and to treat those with H.I.V. It also calls for a greater use of certain medicines to reduce the chances that people at very high risk will become infected.”
–Robert Pear and Katie Rogers, “Trump Expected to Announce Plan to Stop Spread of H.I.V. in the U.S. by 2030, “The New York Times online, February 4, 2019