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If anything can be done it would be literally a life saver. Of course, like most if not all socialist systems, the doctors want to pull the plug on the life support. Britain like Canada, primarily Atheists. Sad.
Hopefully Trump and American ingenuity can win this battle and show the world what free market healthcare can accomplish.
Trump enters Charlie Gard debate: 'We would be delighted' to help
The plight of Charlie Gard – the brain-damaged British baby whose parents recently lost a legal battle to keep him on life support – has now tugged at heart strings as far away as the Oval Office.
President Trump on Monday tweeted his willingness to lend a hand – and in doing so exposed the debate over who should make life-and-death decisions for Charlie to a massive audience.
“If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so,” Trump wrote.
The tweet, which noted a similar call for compassion from Pope Francis on Sunday night, comes just ahead of Trump’s second international trip later this week, during which he’ll meet with world leaders at the G-20 summit it Germany – a conference at which Trump could cross paths with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Trump's tweet also implicitly highlights perceived pitfalls in the British health care system -- a publicly funded system -- at a time the U.S. is undergoing yet another debate about medical coverage.
Gard’s parents have fought the courts to keep their son on life support. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want to bring Charlie to the U.S. for experimental therapy.
Hopefully Trump and American ingenuity can win this battle and show the world what free market healthcare can accomplish.
Trump enters Charlie Gard debate: 'We would be delighted' to help
The plight of Charlie Gard – the brain-damaged British baby whose parents recently lost a legal battle to keep him on life support – has now tugged at heart strings as far away as the Oval Office.
President Trump on Monday tweeted his willingness to lend a hand – and in doing so exposed the debate over who should make life-and-death decisions for Charlie to a massive audience.
“If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so,” Trump wrote.
The tweet, which noted a similar call for compassion from Pope Francis on Sunday night, comes just ahead of Trump’s second international trip later this week, during which he’ll meet with world leaders at the G-20 summit it Germany – a conference at which Trump could cross paths with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Trump's tweet also implicitly highlights perceived pitfalls in the British health care system -- a publicly funded system -- at a time the U.S. is undergoing yet another debate about medical coverage.
Gard’s parents have fought the courts to keep their son on life support. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want to bring Charlie to the U.S. for experimental therapy.
