Trump: “I’m Gonna Get Drug Prices Down By 1500%”

“We’re gonna get the drug prices down. Not 30 or 40 or 50%, not 60% – which would be great. We gonna get em down 1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1500%. These are numbers not even thought to be achievable. Because I used a certain talent that I have and convinced the drug companies that you have no choice. The drug companies – one-fifth, one-half. It’s a tremendous difference and this is for the people in this room. Because this is something that nobody else can do.

“And we’re working very hard right now to get the other countries to lift up their prices a little bit and to get the drug companies to put it too, and if they don’t, the drug companies will have a lot of problems, and they are mostly agreed to it. And if the countries don’t, then as an example, if it’s Europe, I’ll say, ‘That’s okay, you’re no longer allowed to sell cars in America.’

“You’re no longer allowed to have Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen or any of the other many cars,” and they will say, ‘Oh, I love the idea of lower drug prices for America.’ So, you have to use that. You have to use that because it’s, I mean– I can’t think of anything that can be more powerful than that. Okay? And there’s nothing more powerful than that.” – Trump, last night at a White House reception for Republican lawmakers.