US President says he will sign executive order to prevent drugs from costing more than in other countries
US President Donald Trump (Republican) said he will sign an executive order on Monday (12.MAI.2025) to reduce drug prices with medical revenue in the country. The reduction will be 30% to 80%, said Trump.
He announced the measure on the Truth Social network this Sunday (11.MAI). The post has several sections with capital letters and exclamation points.
Trump did not present details of what the executive order will be. He said the price of any medicine in the US should be the same as the country where he costs the least.
The US president said Americans pay more for drugs today because pharmaceutical industries transfer them research costs. “All these costs were, and would be, for no reason, arcado only by the ‘suckers’ of America [Estados Unidos]”Trump wrote.
The high cost of drugs in the US, according to Trump, is a consequence of lobbying from pharmaceutical companies through contributions from campaign to politicians. He said the executive order he will sign is “Something against what Democrats have been fighting for many years”, Alluding to the members of the opposition to his government.
Drug prices will increase in other countries to compensate for the US reduction, according to Trump, “To bring justice to America”. He ends the post with the motto of his election campaign:“Make America Great Again“. In Portuguese means” make America big again. “
Here is the full translation of Trump’s post into the social truth:
“For many years, the world wondered why prescribed medicines and pharmaceutical products in the United States were so much more expensive than in any other country, sometimes five to ten times more expensive than the same medicine, made exactly in the same laboratory or factory by the same company ??? It has always been difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or legitimate answer. Pharmaceutical companies said, for years, that they were research and development costs, and that all these costs were, and would be, without any reason, arcado only by the ‘suckers’ of America. Campaign contributions can make wonders, but not with me, not with the Republican Party. Let’s do the right thing, something against what democrats have been struggling for many years. Therefore, I am pleased to announce that tomorrow morning, at the White House, at 9am, I will sign one of the most important executive orders in the history of our country. Prices for prescribed drugs and pharmaceutical products will be reduced, almost immediately, from 30% to 80%. They will increase worldwide to equalize and, for the first time in many years, bring justice to America! I will institute a more favored nation policy, whereby the United States will pay the same price as the lowest price nation anywhere in the world. Our country will finally be treated fairly, and the health costs of our citizens will be reduced in values never before imagined. In addition, in addition, the United States will save trillions of dollars. Thank you for your attention to this subject. Make America big again!”
