×Donald Trump with Rob Finnerty of Newsmax

President Donald Trump participates in an interview with Rob Finnerty of Newsmax, Friday, August 1, 2025, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

President Donald Trump was jeered for a “preposterous” claim about lowering prescription drug prices.

The president sent letters last week to the heads of 17 major pharmaceutical companies demanding they cut drug prices to levels paid by other countries, but he repeated a claim Sunday night to reporters that he would reduce the cost for prescription medications by a whopping 1,500 %—which many social media users pointed out was absurd.

“The thing about lying about cutting prescription drug prices is that while a lot of economic policy is too complicated for the average American to

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