Trump claims first-term record on cutting prescription drug prices in chart post
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Trump claims first-term record on cutting prescription drug prices in chart post

Trump the president shared a Council of Economic Advisers chart showing prescription drug prices falling in the first 18 months of his second term, the only decline among presidents since Nixon.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: July 17, 2026, 12:02 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump claimed the mantle of the first president to lower prescription drug prices in a Truth Social post on July 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM ET.