President Donald Trump on Monday urged pharmaceutical companies to make their data on COVID-19 vaccines public, saying transparency is needed as debates over the effectiveness of the shots continue to divide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health officials, as reported by The New York Post.
“It is very important that the Drug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs. Many people think they are a miracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree! With CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer, and I want it NOW,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump added that he has personally seen information from Pfizer and others that he described as “extraordinary,” but questioned why those findings have not been widely shared.
“Why not??? They go off to the next ‘hunt’ and let everyone rip themselves apart, including Bobby Kennedy Jr. and CDC, trying to figure out the success or failure of the Drug Companies Covid work.”
This kind of statement is what we all have been waiting for!
TRUTH will be drug out from the darkness kicking and screaming with all their “familiars” in tow.
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— Jack Thompson (@OnlyTheDeadKnow) September 1, 2025
Operation Warp Speed, launched under Trump in 2020, accelerated the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
By 2025, the World Health Organization reported more than 711 million doses had been administered in the United States, with at least 70% of Americans having received two doses.
The vaccines, produced by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, were praised for their rapid rollout but faced criticism for failing to stop breakthrough infections as early as 2021.
Trump, who once referred to the vaccines as a “Christmas miracle,” rarely discusses the pandemic except to highlight his administration’s role in delivering the shots.
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll in May showed sharp divides in public opinion: 87% of Democrats considered the vaccines safe, compared to 55% of independents and 30% of Republicans.
The political landscape over vaccine policy has shifted under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ended emergency authorization for COVID vaccines and narrowed eligibility to exclude most healthy adults and children.
The changes fueled turmoil inside the CDC. Director Susan Monarez was fired Wednesday after less than a month in office. A White House official told The New York Times her dismissal stemmed from disagreements with Kennedy on vaccine policy.
Monarez’s lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Mark Zaid, said she was targeted for refusing to fire staff and for supporting vaccines.
“When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted,” they said in a statement.
Several senior CDC officials resigned after Monarez’s removal, including Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Deb Houry.
House Republicans have also continued investigations into vaccine production timelines, subpoenaing a former Pfizer scientist in July to testify on whether the rollout of doses was delayed ahead of the 2020 election.
Trump’s call for drug companies to release vaccine data underscores the ongoing disputes within health agencies and Congress over the handling of COVID-19 and its vaccines.
