"This is the thing that I think every Republican should win on, even if you hate them in every other way. Agreements for drug prices we're slashing drug prices by 400, 500, even 600%. Nobody's ever seen anything like it, said Trump. Because we were paying the highest drug prices in the world, and now we're paying whatever the lowest price is in the world. That's the price we're paying."
"And to do that was also tariffs. I went, I called countries [] I started calling the heads of countries like France. Emanuel Macron, he's a good guy, said Trump. I said, Emanuel, you're going to have to double the price of your you know, see, the world is bigger, so you don't have to bring it up like to the middle, you have to double or triple the price. But that's a lot for a politician."
"I said, Emanuel, you have to lift your price by double or triple. No way. I will not do that, Donald. Why would I do that? I would be out of business. I said You're going to do it. 100%. No, no no. I will not do that. I will not do that! Yes you will. You're going to do it! And he said No, no. I said, Here's the story, if you don't do it I'm"
President Donald Trump promoted his claim of dramatically lowering U.S. drug prices, asserting reductions of 400–600 percent and saying the U.S. now pays the lowest global prices. He described calling foreign leaders, singling out French President Emmanuel Macron, and insisting they raise their domestic drug prices to compensate. He said he threatened tariffs if countries did not comply and portrayed the exchange as forceful, reenacting the conversation and raising his voice. The remarks came during a campaign-style Affordability Tour stop in Rome, Georgia ahead of the midterm elections.
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