The New York Times reports:
President Donald Trump accused the pharmaceutical industry of running ads that lied about his new executive order to lower prescription drug costs – an accusation that came after industry execs refused to attend a meeting with the president at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the matter.
Tuesday’s sit-down between the president and the billion-dollar prescription drug industry was to discuss an executive order Trump signed last week on drug prices, which would require pharmaceutical companies to match the lowest drug prices offered in other countries.
Big Pharma is taking television ads trying to make the case that I am raising prescription drug prices on seniors. The ad is a lie! What I have done will lead to a 50% REDUCTION in prices, at least, & Big Pharma is not happy about it. No other President would….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2020
….be able to produce what I have. So when you see those nasty ads from Big Pharma remember, the only reason they are going all out is the massive PRICE REDUCTIONS you are getting – not good for them. Plus, I was only President in 51 years that got a Prescription D reduction!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2020
fact check: it’s called “medicare part d” and it’s only been in existence since 2006. that’s 14 years, not 51. but know what *was* 51 years ago? your imaginary bone spurs. I guess you must have gotten confused there. person, woman, man, rodeo, clown
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 28, 2020
Telling people it’s patriotic to wear a mask five months, 150,000 deaths, and 4 million infections into a pandemic is like putting on a condom after you’re finished raw dogging a porn star, paying her $130k and making her sign an NDA to keep it a secret so you can run for potus.. pic.twitter.com/n6eJ8eQXLV
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) July 28, 2020
Last week you announced an initiative to reduce drug prices. It is almost identical to the plan that Nancy Pelosi put forth which Mitch McConnell called “Socialist price controls.” Why is it “socialism” when Democrats do it, but when you do it, you’re “the savior?”
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) July 28, 2020