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Donald Trump: “I negotiated directly with the drug companies and foreign…”

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President Trump Announces Military Holiday Bonus, Touts Achievements (Primetime Address)

Published | Video Starts at 10:32

What a difference a year makes. In addition, I'm doing what no politician of either party has ever done, standing up to the special interest to dramatically reduce the price of prescription drugs. I negotiated directly with the drug companies and foreign nations... to slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400, 500 and even 600%. In other words, your drug costs will be plummeting downward. And I use the threat of tariffs to get foreign countries, who would never have done it, to pay the cost of this giant dollar reduction. (10:32–10:49)

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