Legendary singer Elton John has an idea on what could transform President Donald Trump into “one of the greatest presidents in history.”
Speaking with Variety magazine about his eponymous Elton John AIDS Foundation and the support it’s received from Republicans, the singer predicted that Trump could become “one of the greatest presidents” if he were to end the AIDs epidemic once and for all.
“The bipartisan thing makes common sense,” John began. “To see us come so far with the medical and scientific advances, and to think this is the only disease that can be completely cured in one’s lifetime.”
“President Trump has maybe solved the peace problem. If he wants to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history… if he ended AIDS, that would really be a feather in his cap,” he added.
#EltonJohn says ending the AIDS epidemic could cement Donald Trump as “one of the greatest presidents in history.”
“President Trump has maybe solved the peace problem. If he wants to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history … if he ended AIDS, that would really be a… pic.twitter.com/k5W6bLPEAq
— Variety (@Variety) November 25, 2025
His remarks come months after the Trump Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new shot that reportedly prevents the spread of HIV/AIDS.
“This is game-changing development in our field,” Dr. Joe Eron of the UNC Center for AIDS Research, who reportedly participated in the clinical trials that preceded the FDA’s approval, said at the time.
“I honestly think if public health and medical institutions can deploy it to rural populations, this medication could help end the HIV epidemic, not only in North Carolina, but in the United States overall,” he added.
Trump, for his part, said in his 2019 State of the Union speech that he hopes to see AIDS eradicated by 2030.
“In recent years, we have made remarkable progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS,” He said. “Scientific breakthroughs have brought a once-distant dream within reach.”
“My budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years. Together, we will defeat AIDS in America,” he added.
“My budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 year,” President Trump announces during #SOTU.
“Together, we will defeat AIDS in America.” pic.twitter.com/162JspE84q
— MS NOW (@MSNOWNews) February 6, 2019
White House spokesperson Kush Desai confirmed to Fox News that the Trump administration intends to continue dealing with the AIDS epidemic as best as it can.
“Elton John can rest assured that the Trump administration is robustly tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic both at home and abroad,” Desai said. “The State Department is working directly with foreign governments to implement a global health strategy to streamline America’s foreign assistance and modernize our approach to countering infectious diseases like HIV.”
“HHS, meanwhile, is advancing next-generation HIV prevention and treatment options, strengthening viral suppression nationwide via HRSA’s Ryan White program, supporting emergency preparedness, and expanding access to trusted HIV information,” he added.
However, not everybody is happy with the Trump administration’s approach toward AIDS.
Part of the anger stems from the Trump State Department announcing last week that it will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 because “awareness day is not a strategy.”
This announcement triggered outrage from some, including aging singer Madonna.
In an Instagram post published this Monday (that she later shared to X), the singer accused the Trump administration of asking “the general public to pretend it [the AIDS epidemic] never happened” and said it was “unthinkable” and “ridiculous.”
Happy International AIDS Day! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/vooTA4bMag
— Madonna (@Madonna) December 1, 2025
“Today is World AIDS Day,” Madonna wrote. “For four decades, this day has been internationally recognized around the world by people from all walks of life, because millions of people’s lives have been touched by the HIV crisis. People have lost lovers and husbands and wives and girlfriends and boyfriends and mothers and daughters and children to this deadly disease, of which there is still no cure.”
“Donald Trump has announced that World AIDS Day should no longer be acknowledged. It’s one thing to order federal agents to refrain from commemorating this day, but to ask the general public to pretend it never happened is ridiculous, it’s absurd, it’s unthinkable,” she added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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