'Not How Numbers Work': Critics School Trump After Baffling New Claim (drug prices)
Source: HuffPost
'Not How Numbers Work': Critics School Trump After Baffling New Claim
The president bragged about reducing drug prices — except his numbers are way, way off.
By Ed Mazza
23/07/2025 06:42am BST
President Donald Trump is getting heat on social media for making a claim about cutting drug prices that’s essentially mathematically impossible.
Trump began promisingly enough with a complaint shared by Democrats and Republicans alike: the high cost of medication, and how much more Americans pay for some medications than patients in other countries.
He promised to reduce those costs ― but to a very unlikely degree.
“We’re gonna get the drug prices down. Not 30% or 40%, which would be great. Not 50% or 60%. No, we’re gonna get them down 1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1,500%,” Trump said at a Republican dinner. “Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable.”
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/not-how-numbers-work-critics-school-trump-after-baffling-new-claim_uk_68807611e4b0f277db450d85
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