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RFK Jr. Says Trump Just Did What No Democrat Ever Had the Guts to Do

This might be the biggest shake-up in American healthcare history.

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May 12, 2025
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President Trump just did what every other politician only talked about—he took a sledgehammer to Big Pharma. With the stroke of a pen, he signed an executive order that could slash drug prices by as much as 90%.

And then RFK Jr. stepped up and revealed why no one else—not even Bernie Sanders—ever followed through.

It was a moment you’ll remember for decades.

Standing before reporters and his healthcare team, President Trump announced the most aggressive move on drug pricing America has ever seen. The plan? To cut prescription drug costs by up to 90%—a direct strike against the industry that’s drained American families dry for years.

“Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing,” Trump said. “We were subsidizing others’ health care, countries where they paid a small fraction of what for the same drug that what we pay many, many times more for.”

This wasn’t just about reining in corporate greed. Trump laid it o…

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