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Donald Trump: “The prices were stuck for years and no president did…”

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

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President Trump Delivers Remarks on the Economy, Dec. 19, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 16:29

And the drug companies said, well, you know, it's unfair. I mean, they're paying, they're paying 10 times more, sometimes 15 times more. That's okay, let him pay more. We're not paying more than. The prices were stuck for years and no president did anything about it. Sleepy Joe Biden didn't know he was alive. The last thing he cared about, the last thing he cared about was this. He didn't care about anything, just wanted to make it through. (16:29–16:36)

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Asserts that previous presidents did not address stagnant drug prices.

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