Donald Trump said he’d ‘cut drug prices by 1,500%’ and was brutally schooled into next year and back
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Time and again, he’s shown himself to be utterly innumerate. https://t.co/ctN0owrzw3
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 4, 2025
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Call me crazy, but I feel the leader of the free world should understand percentages. https://t.co/DZnxyoEyKv
— Scott Barber (@thescottbarber) August 4, 2025
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This and repeatedly claiming gas is $1.95 shows you how stupid Trump thinks the American people are. Given the fact that he got elected twice, who can blame him for arriving at that conclusion. https://t.co/D1Cf3pK2Gc
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 4, 2025
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There’s a real temptation here to make a joke, or to ask which drugs these are that pharma companies are now paying patients to take, because let’s all get in on it!
But honestly, all I can feel is sad that someone this stupid could be our president.
Again. https://t.co/IkMz8bcFlH
— Dr. Michelle Au (@AuforGA) August 4, 2025
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It’s not just that the math here is nonsensical. It’s that Trump hasn’t actually cut drug prices yet at all. He’s literally just sent letters to drugmakers telling them to cut prices.
Does he know that and is lying? Or is he deluded? We have no idea. https://t.co/AwHcZcbyva
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) August 4, 2025
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It’s great that we have a numerically illiterate person unilaterally in charge of our tariff policy. https://t.co/KY9Xri4Txy
— Gregg Nunziata (@greggnunziata) August 4, 2025
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The core problem isn’t that Trump can’t do math & doesn’t understand what it means to “cut prices” by more than 100% — rather, it’s that there are people who actually believe this can be true & an entire political movement & media ecosystem that encourage it. https://t.co/9whnJybZdr
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) August 4, 2025
To conclude …
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— Jim Murray ️ (@jamesamurray) August 4, 2025
And just in case Trump or any of his Magas were still in any doubt …
A price of a good cannot go down by more than 100%. https://t.co/wUJigHFK76
— i/o (@avidseries) August 2, 2025
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