Donald Trump claims he reduced drug prices by 600% and 800%.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
Sources show Trump repeatedly claimed drug price cuts of 600% and 800% (CNN, HuffPost, and a primary White House transcript), so the claim that he made these claims is supported. The percentages themselves are mathematically impossible and fact-checkers rejected them, a point the summary notes but which does not bear on whether he made the claim.
What was said
… I don't have the ability to go see a doctor right now because the MAGA Republicans shut out the critical subsidies, or they've attacked my Medicaid, or they've made it impossible for me to access healthcare," while Donald Trump says, "I've reduced drug prices by 600% and by 800%," or, "We have a new healthcare plan. We're going to get rid of insurance and give you $2000." It's always that we're going to give you money, and it's like, stop. No one likes insurance industry, okay? We get it. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CNN's October 2025 fact check quotes Trump saying 'Five hundred, 600, 800%, in some cases even more than that,' and it calls those figures mathematically impossible.[4]
Supports. HuffPost reports Trump saying 'Now I'm getting them down... 500, 600, 800%' at an IVF drug event in October 2025.[5]
Supports. A primary White House record from October 2026 has Trump citing price differences of '400, 500, and even 600 percent' for drugs, and factcheck.org quotes him citing 400%, 500% and 600%.[1][3]
Contradicts. Fact-checkers and experts say a 600% or 800% cut is mathematically impossible, since a 100% cut would make a drug free; the claimed figures are therefore false as statements of fact, even though the claim is that he made them.[4][6][7][8]
Context. AP reports Trump defended the figures as 'two ways of calculating' and offered lower figures such as 50% and 60% as an alternative, which fact-checkers did not accept.[2][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Midterm Convention Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump defends drug price claims by citing 'two ways of calculating'apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Remarks on Efforts To Reduce Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reportersgovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Fact check: Five false numbers Trump used at one eventcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5Trump Mocked After Numbers Failed Him In A ‘Hard ... - HuffPosthuffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meetingkioncentralcoast.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz defend Trump's prescription drug math ...edition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 8FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speechkrgv.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 9'Two ways of calculating': Trump defends his mathematically ...thetimes-tribune.com · not rated · cited for: context
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