A red ribbon was displayed on the North Portico of the White House December 1, 2023, in observance of World AIDS Day.

Photo: White House archives on X

There may be a giant red ribbon displayed at the White House on Monday, December 1, signifying World AIDS Day. President Donald Trump had continued the tradition during his first term as president. Though in 2025, this first year of his second term, the symbolism will fall flat. Trump and his administration, notably Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have done more to dismantle programs that help people living with HIV/AIDS than any other administration, with the exception of former President Ronald Reagan, who didn’t do – or say – anything in those early years as the disease unleashed its horror on gay men, trans p

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