# Thu Episode #2274:  — Big Pharma Wins Again Inside the Trump White House

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Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966)
Published: 2026-05-28T18:29:52+00:00
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## Resource

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:10] Trump Suppressed His Own Poll Showing 73% Oppose Childhood Vaccine Mandates and 90% Distrust Pharma The Daily Caller obtained the secret October Fabrizio poll; a month later the White House commissioned a second poll with reframed questions that dropped opposition from 73% to 22% — justifying RFK's pivot. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:10:30] RFK Jr. Said His Mission Is to Restore Trust in These Institutions — Not to Expose Them When the secret poll confirmed the public already distrusted pharma, it was buried, and the three FDA officials who wanted stronger clinical trials were squeezed out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:18:00] White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Lobbied for Pharmaceutical Companies Before Taking the Job The HHS counselor championed Trump Rx — a government website to sell drugs direct to consumers — and an executive order to study psychedelics: Knight calls it 'have some LSD and forget about all this stuff.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:27:00] Tony Arterburn: Iran War Energy Uncertainty Is Keeping Gold Below $5,000 — the Fundamentals Have Not Changed Countries that were stacking gold are now liquidating to cover energy costs, but central banks globally are still buying at record pace and the dollar will have significantly less purchasing power in two years. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:40:00] Russia Is Selling Gold Despite Being a Net Exporter of Energy — War Costs Money Even When You Have Oil Arterburn: the Iran war is destruction of production capacity, not temporary disruption — it bleeds into everyone's purchasing power regardless of whether you produce oil. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:52:00] De-Dollarization Is Real…

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