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Trump’s Bold Prescription Drug Gambit
“We’re going to equalize,” promised President Trump. “We’re all going to pay the same. We’re going to pay what Europe pays.”
“For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY???” U.S. President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on May 11, 2025. “It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer.”
“The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the ‘suckers’ of America, ALONE,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Campaign Contributions can do wonders, but not with me, and not with the Republican Party. We are going to do the right thing, something that the Democrats have fought for many years.”
“Therefore, I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history,” Trump promised. “Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by…