{"id":2433683,"date":"2025-05-12T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-americans-wont-be-treated-like-suckers-by-big-pharma-any-longer-as-he-signs-executive-order\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:02:21","slug":"trump-says-americans-wont-be-treated-like-suckers-by-big-pharma-any-longer-as-he-signs-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-americans-wont-be-treated-like-suckers-by-big-pharma-any-longer-as-he-signs-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Americans Won&#8217;t Be Treated Like &#8216;Suckers&#8217; by Big Pharma Any Longer as He Signs Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-americans-wont-be-treated-like-suckers-by-big-pharma-any-longer-as-he-signs-executive-order%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday,President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/editor-daily-rundown-biden-to-deliver-forceful-speech-to-congress-about-lowering-prescription-drug-prices\/\" title=\"Editor Daily Rundown: Biden To Deliver \u2018Forceful\u2019 Speech To Congress About Lowering Prescription ...\">lowering prescription drug prices<\/a> for Americans. During a White house event, he announced that the U.S. would no longer subsidize healthcare for foreign countries, emphasizing that Americans have been paying significantly higher prices for the same medications as other nations. Trump stated that his administration&#8217;s plan would equalize drug costs, ensuring that American citizens pay the lowest prices available globally. He highlighted that previous practices resulted in Americans being taken advantage of, and he criticized the pharmaceutical industry for price gouging. The order outlines a strategy for establishing &#8220;most-favored-nation&#8221; price benchmarks to align U.S. drug prices with those in comparably developed nations, ultimately aiming to eliminate what Trump described as &#8220;global freeloading.&#8221; He warned that further actions would be implemented if pharmaceutical companies do not comply.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-budget-committee-chairman-sanders-says-they-will-consider-6-trillion-budget-bill\/\" title=\"Senate Budget Committee chairman Sanders says they will consider  trillion budget bill\">lower prescription drug prices<\/a> for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the order at a White House event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the healthcare of foreign countries, which is what we were doing. We were subsidizing others&rsquo; healthcare,&rdquo; Trump said, according to a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1921931238798934217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not gonna happen any longer, I can tell you,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: &ldquo;Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the healthcare of foreign countries&hellip; and we&rsquo;ll no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from Big Pharma.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQpRnnewif\">pic.twitter.com\/AQpRnnewif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1921931238798934217?\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from Big Pharma,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-announces-earth-shaking-change-prescription-drug-prices-every-single-american-one-consequential-executive-orders-countrys-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his plan<\/a>, America is &ldquo;equalizing&rdquo; what its citizens buy for prescription medicines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re gonna pay the lowest price there is in the world,&rdquo; Trump said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1921946464390922268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we&rsquo;re no longer paying 10 times more than another country,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that prior to his order, Americans were taken for &ldquo;suckers. But we never had a president that had the courage to do this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The U.S. will no longer be &ldquo;suckers&rdquo; when it comes to prescription drug prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> says. He has announced a new plan to &ldquo;equalize&rdquo; costs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/086FKEbzgV\">pic.twitter.com\/086FKEbzgV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1921946464390922268?\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In case after case, our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory, effectively subsidizing socialism abroad with skyrocketing prices at home,&rdquo; Trump said in a fact sheet posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/05\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-put-american-patients-first-by-lowering-drug-prices-and-stopping-foreign-free-riding-on-american-pharmaceutical-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we would spend tremendous amounts of money in order to provide inexpensive drugs to another country. And when I say the price is different, you can see some examples where the price is beyond anything &mdash; four times, five times different,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-orders-re-opening-expansion-toughest-prison-american-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House website<\/a>, the Trump administration will develop &ldquo;most<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-favored-nation price targets &#038;hellip<\/a>; to bring prices for American patients in line with comparably developed nations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Once prices are at the level of the lowest nation in the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-invites-child-victimized-high-drug-prices-sotu-prop-lowering-drug-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug companies<\/a> will pass those lower prices along to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States has less than five percent of the world&rsquo;s population and yet funds around three quarters of global pharmaceutical profits. This egregious imbalance is orchestrated through a purposeful scheme in which drug manufacturers deeply discount their products to access foreign markets, and subsidize that decrease through enormously high prices in the United States,&rdquo; Trump wrote in the order.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Drug manufacturers, rather than seeking to equalize evident price discrimination, agree to other countries&rsquo; demands for low prices, and simultaneously fight against the ability for public and private payers in the United States to negotiate the best prices for patients. &nbsp;The inflated prices in the United States fuel global innovation while foreign health systems get a free ride,&rdquo; the order said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This abuse of Americans&rsquo; generosity, who deserve low-cost pharmaceuticals on the same terms as other developed nations, must end.&nbsp; Americans will no longer be forced to pay almost three times more for the exact same medicines, often made in the exact same factories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the largest purchaser of pharmaceuticals, Americans should get the best deal,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/art-deal-trump-defeats-china-communists-agree-terms-just-2-days-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> emphsized.<\/p>\n<p>The order said it ends &ldquo;global freeloading&rdquo; and warns drug companies that &ldquo;should drug manufacturers fail to offer American consumers the most-favored-nation lowest price, my&nbsp;Administration will take additional aggressive action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He made the announcement during a White House event, stating, &#8220;Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the healthcare of foreign countries.&#8221; Trump emphasized that this practice would end and declared that Americans would no longer be taken advantage of by high drug prices. He asserted that under his new plan, American citizens would pay the lowest prices for medications globally and highlighted the significant price disparities between U.S. consumers and those in other countries. 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