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Donald Trump: “In my first term, I was able to get drug prices down one…”

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President Trump on the Release of the Epstein Files

Published | Video Starts at 04:59

It's the single biggest thing to happen in. With respect to drugs, probably in 50 years. There's never been anything like this. In my first term, I was able to get drug prices down one quarter of 1%. It's the first time in 28 years that they went down one quarter of 1%. Are so proud of myself. Now we're doing them 2,000%. 1,500%, 1,200%. (04:59–05:05)

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Asserts that drug prices decreased by 0.25% during Trump's first term.

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