'Reality eroding before our eyes': Trump called out for 'absurd' claim about drug prices

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By Travis Gettys
Published August 3, 2025 9:56 PM ET

President Donald Trump was jeered for a "preposterous" claim about lowering prescription drug prices.

The president sent letters last week to the heads of 17 major pharmaceutical companies demanding they cut drug prices to levels paid by other countries, but he repeated a claim Sunday night to reporters that he would reduce the cost for prescription medications by a whopping 1,500 percent – which many social media users pointed out was absurd.

"The thing about lying about cutting prescription drug prices is that while a lot of economic policy is too complicated for the average American to understand, Americans know whether they’re paying more/less for their prescriptions when they go to the pharmacy," posted health policy professor Miranda Yaver.

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Every right wing senator and 6 U.S. Supreme Court justices has this shit on their collective hands and this country is paying the ultimate price for this shit show..........JFC...........he really is fucking insane............. I can't wait to go to Costco and get my drugs for my heart and they have to pay me back money using his fucking math for each drug at 1,500 %..............JFC..................

[Blues Heron]

1. It's his way of mocking people, he doesn't give a lick about drug prices, except the wholesale Peruvian market

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Wouldn't that be working at cross purposes with Bobbie?

RFKjr's goal is to make pharmaceuticals LESS accessible isn't it?

[Wiz Imp]

3. He sends a letter and then claims that automatically makes drug prices lower?

Drug prices haven't been reduced by a single penny.