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Donald Trump: “I signed an executive order instructing my administration to…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Makes an Announcement, Dec. 19, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 14:41

And yet the people behind me, who are wonderful people, make 75% of their profits from the American customer. So that was. They understood that better than anybody, that we have to do something. That's why I signed an executive order instructing my administration to do everything in its power to slash prescription drug prices for Americans. while getting other countries to pay more. And we don't want more. We want this fair. We want to pay the same thing. They used to blame it, remember, on research and development. (14:41–14:50)

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Asserts that an executive order was signed to reduce prescription drug prices in the U.S.

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