What do Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Xi Jinping have in common?

They believe in nothing larger than themselves. 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Bush speaking in 2007 about PEPFAR, a global AIDS program he founded. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) opinion columnist First, a quiz: Which world leaders saved 32 million lives? You may be thinking of Churchill and FDR during World War II, but I’m thinking of a more recent period. I’m referring to George W. Bush, Tony Blair and other leaders of the early 2000s. I disagreed with them profoundly on their invasion of Iraq, but they championed a global effort to tackle AIDS, malaria and TB that has been staggeringly effective. The Global Fund to fight those diseases has saved 32 million lives so far, many of them through Bush’s program against AIDS. It was the best thing Bush did, and it turned the tide of AIDS worldwide. The paradox is that enough time has elapsed that we’re now seeing how visionary leaders working with partners (the Gates Foundation was critical) and public health wonks can save lives by the millions and transform the fate of countries. Those were some of the best steps of governance in human history, but the world is losing interest. Today, leaders like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Xi Jinping are interested in nothing larger than themselves, and they’re ignoring an important U.N. effort to institute universal health coverage globally. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ That's me nearly a decade ago with children orphaned by AIDS living by themselves in rural Zimbabwe. President Bush's highly successful program against AIDS has made these child-headed households much less common.Caroline Kristof That too should make us Americans cringe. Chile, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan are all making progress toward universal health coverage, and we Americans can’t afford it? Really? Anyway, for a glimpse of how leaders can lead, [check out my Sunday column.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8xMC8wNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9hbWVyaWNhLWFpZC1nbG9iYWwtaGVhbHRoLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Now For Today’s Leaders I’ve raised questions about the vice president’s role in the Ukraine scandal, and it now [turns out](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P4SQAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS90cnVtcC1pbnZvbHZlZC1wZW5jZS1pbi1lZmZvcnRzLXRvLXByZXNzdXJlLXVrcmFpbmVzLWxlYWRlci10aG91Z2gtYWlkZXMtc2F5LXZpY2UtcHJlc2lkZW50LXdhcy11bmF3YXJlLW9mLXB1cnN1aXQtb2YtZGlydC1vbi1iaWRlbnMvMjAxOS8xMC8wMi8yNjNhYTllMi1lNGE3LTExZTktYjQwMy1mNzM4ODk5OTgyZDJfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTEwMDU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI4NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKAB266phdwB20mFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that Mike Pence had an aide who listened in on the call. In addition, the rough transcript of the call was in Pence’s briefing materials when he went to meet the Ukrainian president on Sept. 1. Pence says that he simply urged Ukraine to go after corruption generally, not specifically after the Bidens, but both sides must have realized that this was code for investigating the Bidens. Pence seems to have been either complicit or remarkably oblivious. Or both. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODEwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MTAwNVcDbnl0QgoAHbrqmF3AHbSYUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Doubts continue to be raised as well about the rough memo that the White House released of the July 25 call between President Trump and President Zelensky. It takes only 10 minutes to read out loud, yet it’s supposed to be a 30 minute call. [There are ellipses](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P4RaAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvb2RkLW1hcmtpbmdzLWVsbGlwc2VzLWZ1ZWwtZG91YnRzLWFib3V0LXJvdWdoLXRyYW5zY3JpcHQtdHJ1bXBzLXVrcmFpbmUtY2FsbC8_d3Bpc3JjPWFsX3RyZW5kaW5nX25vd19fYWxlcnQtcG9saXRpY3MtLWFsZXJ0LW5hdGlvbmFsJndwbWs9MSZ0ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTEwMDU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI4NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKAB266phdwB20mFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) at key junctures when Trump is speaking, whereas by some accounts ellipses do not appear in other rough transcripts from the Situation Room duty officers. It would be quite helpful to see the original untouched version produced by voice-to-text, or to get a copy of the audio that supposedly exists in Ukraine. President Zelensky, if you’re reading this, please do email me the original audio! Good for Cory Booker, who has [offered a serious plan](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8xMC8wMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jb3J5LWJvb2tlci1jaGlsZC1wb3ZlcnR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) to address child poverty in America. It would rely on child allowances, which have been successfully used by Canada, the U.K. and other countries to improve children’s well-being. Senator Michael Bennet has earlier offered a similar plan, but most candidates have focused more on the middle class (which votes) than on struggling kids (who don’t vote, and often have parents who don’t vote either). I hope more candidates will step up. Hong Kong Protests Hong Kong and Beijing are cracking down on protests there, using an emergency law to ban face masks commonly used by protesters. The result, quite predictably, has been more clashes, more violence, more chaos — and a second shooting of a protester, this time of a [14-year-old boy](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P4QNAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmhvbmdrb25nZnAuY29tLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYnJlYWtpbmctbWFuLXNob3Qtb2ZmLWR1dHktaG9uZy1rb25nLXBvbGljZS1vZmZpY2VyLXByb3Rlc3RlcnMtYXR0YWNrLXZlaGljbGU_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). And China has said rather ominously that protests “cannot continue indefinitely.” The U.S. should make very clear that the only way out is for the authorities to compromise and move toward greater democracy for one of the world’s great cities. A bloody crackdown in Hong Kong would be a catastrophe not just for Hong Kongers or for China, but for the world. Thank You Readers I’ve had a ton of lovely comments about my milestone of 35 years at The New York Times — halfway to 70 years here! — and I just want to reiterate my appreciation to readers. I recognize that some of my columns make you spill your coffee in the morning, and I sometimes come across as a sanctimonious nag, so your tolerance and engagement are hugely appreciated. And it turns out that I underrated the engagement in one case. I said that my readers had raised more than $1 million for the work of Dr. Tom Catena in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. It turns out that it’s closer to $2 million, without which the hospital would have closed. So thanks, squared! [So here’s my column offering a bit of uplift,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfe2-6P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8xMC8wNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9hbWVyaWNhLWFpZC1nbG9iYWwtaGVhbHRoLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkxMDA1P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyODc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAduuqYXcAdtJhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) a reminder that leaders can actually lead and make a huge difference for humanity. 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