President Donald Trump’s actions around HIV/AIDS. In 2017, Trump fired what remained of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS after some had quit earlier due to the administration’s health policies.In addition to the requested funding, the White House announced the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, Harold Phillips.Under Phillips’s leadership, the Biden administration will move toward the president’s commitment of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic through renewed national programs and supporting global initiatives, according to the White House.Phillips previously worked at the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy and the Department of Health and Human Services as Senior HIV Advisor and Chief.