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Donald Trump: “My first term, I had the privilege of having lower drug…”

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

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President Trump Hosts a Cabinet Meeting, Jul. 31, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 10:25

It would be our great honor to do it. So nobody else would do this. This would have never happened. So your drug prices have gone down by numbers. Not even thinkable. My first term, I had the privilege of having lower drug prices from the beginning of the year till the end for the first time in 28 years. you remember, And I called a news conference to announce it. So the year it ended and that was turned out 18 of a percent. 18 of a percent. (10:25–10:34)

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Asserts that drug prices decreased for the first time in 28 years during his first term.

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