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Donald Trump: “We're paying 10 times more for things in Europe.”

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He's a very smart guy. And I confronted him, and he had the same line that they always had. Research and development. I said, look, look, we got to stop this nonsense. We're paying 10 times more for things in Europe. It's not research and development. And if it is research and development, they should pay their fair share of that, too. And he said to me, and he's a great guy, he said, look, you're right. (29:50–29:55)

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Asserts that the United States pays 10 times more for drugs than Europe.

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