RFK Jr. Leaps to Trump’s Rescue With Bonkers MAGA Math
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Donald Trump and his health secretary believe they have reinvented math—and it just so happens that their “different way of calculating” gives the president a win.
During a healthcare affordability event held in the Oval Office on Thursday, the 79-year-old president boasted about his deal with the pharmaceutical company Regeneron to lower prescription drug prices for Americans.
But the figures he bragged about don’t add up.
“We’ve secured gigantic discounts with price differences from four to five, and even 600 percent. 600 percent!” the president boasted.
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Trump's 'fake math' on drug prices
- 'Two ways of calculating': Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices CTV News —
- RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Erroneous Drug Price Claims With More Bad Math Huffington Post —
- Kennedy, Trump double down on bad maths Sydney Morning Herald —
- Trump defends drug price claims by citing 'two ways of calculating' Associated Press —
- RFK Jr. defends Trump on ‘600%’ lower drug prices, but does the math check out? Washington Examiner —