It will reportedly help the US save ‘trillions of dollars’
Trump is set to sign ‘one of the most consequential’ executive orders in US history, addressing a ‘very embarrassing’ issue.
Since becoming president of the US, Trump has signed a record number of executive orders.
In a post to Truth Social yesterday (May 11), the POTUS revealed he’s set to sign ‘one of the most consequential’ executive orders not just since he was sworn in for his second term, but in th
This morning at 9:00am at the White House, Trump is subsequently set to sign an executive order set to slash the cost of prescription drug prices.
His post reads: “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???
“It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer.”
The post continues: “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.
“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.”
Trump announced the order is set to reduce prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices ‘almost immediately’ ‘by 30 percent to 80 percent’.
Trump is set to sign an executive order reducing prescription drug prices (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
