@fishcakes755

So he's cutting drug prices for Medicare 
While also cutting Medicare 
So none of that actually matters?

@klh_io

I remember a certain short angry politician in Germany from history lessons. He also kept screaming that all the other countries were taking advantage of them.

@cheeseismykryptonite

Its actually comical how little Americans know about healthcare. Whats more comical is acting like they should tell others what to do when they have the shittiest system of them all, and have only themselves to blame.

@Scleavers

Poor pharmaceutical companies 😢

@xouri8009

Gotta love the myth that US is subsidizing the world pharma and healthcare.
The EU is a global leader in pharmaceutical production, with European countries accounting for 79.7% of global pharmaceutical exports in 2018, valued at $295.8 billion. Major EU producers like Germany, Ireland, Belgium, and Italy have robust manufacturing capabilities, focusing on complex APIs and high-quality products. 

Sure, prices might go up in Europe, but it's not like Europe is dependent on us for medicine or healthcare, in fact, the US buys more pharmaceuticals from Europe than Europe buys from US...

*edit
Based on available trade and production data for 2024:
EU self-production: ~70-75% of the EU market, driven by intra-EU production and trade (e.g., Germany, Italy, Belgium,etc). 

Imports from the US: ~15-20% of the market. 

Imports from the rest of the world: 5-10%, primarily from Switzerland (33% of extra-EU imports), the UK (~7%), and others like China and India.

@nobody-ye9rx

Always pitting us against other people, classic despotic behavior

@JustStopPlayingGames

I'll believe it when I see it.

@flampagan1994

big pharma is propably gonna give him a jet and then suddenly its gone

@MistarZtv

But don't US medication already go from between 10x to 1500x  the global average? Like the drugs manufacturered for a few cents per dose, are going for hundreds & thousands of dollars per bottle, meanwhile a lot of the times buying the same medication  manufactured abroad they're only priced for dozens to several hundred dollars. 😐 Also who's gonna pay for those price cuts, your big pharma  isn't just gonna take that lying down if it means their executives can't buy a new yacht or summer home every quarter. 😂🤣🤣

@Crispyrice1407

I just don’t get why everyone else has to be more expensive… is there no world where humanity’s well being is situated above profit?

@akm6542

It’s funny how he thinks over countries won’t cancel their patents. And just have new countries take over production, if it’s even in the US.

@the_meccaneer

As with all things Trump, there is a catch somewhere that he profits from.

@bats__

Wait... So he's trying to blame the US's extortion on other countries for having reasonable medicine prices?

@HarryWessex

Americans really think they subsidise others 😅

@paulritter8894

He acts like the US supplies the whole world.

@righthandstep5

All lies again

@lilysame6488

Is it me or does he look like he's physically melting?

@FreedomOfPopulation

Honestly this just might lead drug prices from Us going up in price globally so they can still sell them at high market values which causes drug made outside US more favorable and reducing US influence on world as whole.

@ToriL97

This is going to do nothing.

@sleepy6912

maybe the United States could buy in bulk like everyone else