This makes perfect sense. What attracted Donald Trump to the presidency in the first place was two things: 1. Attention and 2. Money making opportunities. And he has leveraged both of those things to tremendous advantage. So have the people around him. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Donald Trump, Jr. and Howard Lutnick have designs on remaking the prescription drug industry.
The invitation to the “Future of Pharmaceuticals” summit prompted consternation among some drug-company representatives, who worried that the gathering signaled that the White House wants them to work with the little-known BlinkRx because of its ties to the president’s family, according to people familiar with the matter.
It is the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.
“BlinkRx is one of many companies in the marketplace that provide these kinds of services to manufacturers,” said Adam J. Fein, the president of Drug Channels Institute, a group that studies the pharmaceutical industry. “What is different is Trump’s son is on the board.”
Drew Hudson, vice president of corporate affairs at BlinkRx, said “no company will be pitching any services” at the December event. And Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Journal that this article amounts to an “innuendo smear” and accused the paper of pursuing the story at the behest of pharmaceutical-industry advertisers.
BlinkRx, which put the president’s son on its board in February, said in an August news release that it can help drug companies set up their own direct-to-patient sales platforms in “as little as 21 days.” In addition to being on BlinkRx’s board, Trump Jr. became a partner with the investment firm 1789 Capital last November. The firm, which is co-hosting the December summit, led a $140 million funding round for BlinkRx in June 2024, according to a person familiar with the deal. A spokesman for 1789 Capital said the firm “maximizes transparency and compliance” and noted that “no one at the fund has ever worked in government.”
That’s what Junior is doing. This is what Junior’s grand-daughter is doing.
Can't even design an original logo pic.twitter.com/pSKNp9vRt7
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 27, 2025
It’s all one big grift. That’s what Trump 2.0 is all about. Trump’s kin and cronies are in there getting whatever they want and need from the public coffers, while he plays golf between senile photo ops. That’s an encapsulation of politics in 2025.
