SF leaders react to Trump administration 'ignoring' World AIDS Day

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1. Breitbart News

   Madonna Rebukes Trump Not Acknowledging World AIDS Day ↗ (opens Breitbart News)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   Pop singer Madonna rebuked President Trump not acknowledging World AIDS Day this year – the first since 1988.

2. Baptist News Global

   For first time ever, US refused to acknowledge World AIDS Day ↗ (opens Baptist News Global)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   For the first time since World AIDS Day began, the U.S. State Department declined to officially recognize it — a silence that speaks volumes.

3. Black Enterprise

   EMBARRASSING! Trump Administration Refuses To Honor World AIDS Day Because ‘An Awareness Day Is Not A Strategy’ ↗ (opens Black Enterprise)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   The Trump administration has opted not to commemorate World AIDs Day, marking the first time the U.S. has done so since the day's inception.

4. NPR

   For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day ↗ (opens NPR)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.

5. KTVU San Francisco

   SF leaders react to Trump administration 'ignoring' World AIDS Day ↗ (opens KTVU San Francisco)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   This is the first time since the World Health Organization created the day in 1988 that the federal government has not acknowledged it.

6. CNN

   The US government is no longer commemorating World AIDS Day ↗ (opens CNN)

   Published Dec 1, 2025

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   The United States is not commemorating World AIDS Day this year as it has done for decades in the past.