Trump has made some very worrisome statements intended on either rushing a vaccine or placing the blame for the lack of it into whoever refuses to rush it.
Then the FDA answered with a non-statement that said basically "there's no conspiracy, we are fully invested into doing our job". And, of course, that gave a clear signal that the FDA felt pressured and was reported worldwide with that bias.
So, I read the GP saying that the manufacturers are telling the FDA "we know better than you" in an attempt to conserve their own credibility. Notice that this is a very bad message to pass into their own regulator, and worrisome for different reasons. But as long as it's only PR, it's not a real problem.
Then the FDA answered with a non-statement that said basically "there's no conspiracy, we are fully invested into doing our job". And, of course, that gave a clear signal that the FDA felt pressured and was reported worldwide with that bias.
So, I read the GP saying that the manufacturers are telling the FDA "we know better than you" in an attempt to conserve their own credibility. Notice that this is a very bad message to pass into their own regulator, and worrisome for different reasons. But as long as it's only PR, it's not a real problem.