US Edition'Beg you... please don’t tell population': Trump mocks Macron over drug price talks
- On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers he pressured French President Emmanuel Macron to sharply raise prescription drug prices using tariff threats.
- As part of his Most Favoured Nation push, US President Donald Trump says he aims to lower US drug costs by linking Medicare payments to the lowest prices abroad, addressing Americans paying higher prices.
- Issuing an ultimatum, Trump said he threatened a 25% tariff on French exports if Paris refused; Macron initially refused but then conceded after the tariff warning, Trump said.
- He said France raised drug prices from $10 per pill to $30, and the threatened tariff was `42 times more expensive`, with leaders agreeing within 3.2 minutes, according to Trump.
- Advancing his policy, US President Donald Trump touted cuts of 400, 500, and 600 per cent and announced reduced prices at TrumpRx.gov.
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeated, mentioning again, Tuesday, January 6, a so-called conversation with Emmanuel Macron who would have given in to his pressure and agreed to increase the prices of medicines in France so that they would fall overseas.
US President Donald Trump has made a significant claim about French President Emmanuel Macron. Trump said that France agreed to raise drug prices after the threat of US tariffs. He also made several claims about India, PM Modi, and oil purchases from Russia.
With a mixture of aftertaste and threatening Donald Trump is staging himself at the expense of Emmanuel Macron. The message is clear: the US President is right about everything.
Donald Trump has made a public mockery of Emmanuel Macron's accent. It's not the first time the US president has imitated someone about the immorality of after-mongering.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has again engaged in a new controversy during a speech to Republican senators in which he mocked and imitated his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron. The American president re-created an alleged negotiation with the Gaul leader about the price of medicines. According to Trump's account, after several initial refusals by the Frenchman to raise prices, American pressure would have taken effect. Th…
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