Madonna Calls Trump’s World AIDS Day Decision ‘Unthinkable’
madonna slammed the president Donald Trump for directing government employees and institutions not to celebrate World AIDS Day this year.
Last month, public health expert Emily Bass issued a statement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs email Asking staff not to use government resources or communication channels to promote the day, which was first celebrated in 1988, and claiming this was part of a wider policy to “refrain from sending messages on any commemoration day”.
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Madonna joins activists and health experts outraged by decision In a post published on Instagram on Monday.He called the White House’s decision “ridiculous” and also wrote about the human cost of the AIDS epidemic.
“For forty years this day has been recognized internationally by people from all walks of life around the world because the HIV crisis has touched the lives of millions of people,” he wrote.
“People have lost their lovers, husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, mothers, daughters and children to this deadly disease for which there is still no cure.”
At the 2025 Met Gala in May, Madonna criticized President Donald Trump after his administration directed government employees not to celebrate World AIDS Day this year. Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images
The “Hung Up” singer continued: “Donald Trump announced that World AIDS Day should no longer be recognized.” “It’s one thing to order federal agents not to commemorate this day, but to ask the public to act as if this day never happened is ridiculous, ridiculous and unthinkable.”
Describing the personal pain of losing a loved one to the virus, Madonna added: “I’m sure she didn’t watch her best friend die from AIDS, hold her hand and watch the blood drain from their face as they took their last breaths at the age of 23.”
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His post continued: “The list of people I have known, loved, and lost to AIDS is quite long.” “I’m sure most of you can understand this.”
“Let me say it again: there is still no cure for AIDS, and people are still dying from this disease. I refuse to accept that these people died in vain. And I will continue to honor World AIDS Day, and I hope you will honor this day with me,” he said.
A spokesperson for the Trump administration defended the decision in a statement, saying, “Awareness day is not a strategy.” Pete Marovich via Getty Images
Deputy State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott defended Trump administration policy In a statement to The New York Times“Awareness day is not a strategy,” he said.
The decision to abandon World AIDS Day follows devastating cuts to foreign aid and public health programmes, derailing HIV/AIDS care abroad and depriving important scientific research of funding.
Approximately 1.2 million people in the United States are living with a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.
