'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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