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Bluetus

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61. Part of it is Trump's insanity and ego

Mon May 12, 2025, 08:56 AM

7 hrs ago

But part of it is deliberate to distract.

We really have horrible major media. They are mostly enablers for Trump , even if they don't intend to be.

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Trump to sign executive order to cut prices of medicine to match other countries [View all] highplainsdem 20 hrs ago OP

Full post. Expects nationalized medicine in other countries to pick up some of the difference underpants 20 hrs ago #1

Thanks! highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #6

New grift enid602 16 hrs ago #30

That won't last long. Some well-placed 'donations' will put it in the memory hole. Norrrm 20 hrs ago #2

This could be another market manipulation, too. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #5

THIS NotHardly 20 hrs ago #8

Well, he doesn't consider it "winning" unless he thinks it's at somebody else's expense. Beartracks 20 hrs ago #3

He's a sadist. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #7

I think the net effect of this tariff scheme will be to strangle supply, not actually lower prices. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 20 hrs ago #4

I agree. Price controls cause supply shortages VMA131Marine 17 hrs ago #27

yeah, we have to stop looking at the term "executive order" NJCher 13 hrs ago #38

Does this mean the weekend negotiations with China weren't productive? Raven123 20 hrs ago #9

Like Big Pharma will stand for THAT. 50 Shades Of Blue 20 hrs ago #10

More lies Jughead 20 hrs ago #11

Put this in homegirl 19 hrs ago #17

I wonder if he actually will try to executive order universal healthcare into existance SSJVegeta 16 hrs ago #29

Getting ready to post the same thing. Another CON JOB for the Markets. Bengus81 8 hrs ago #59

dim's about to show the world--even the cult--how much power an EO DOESN'T have. nt Grokenstein 20 hrs ago #12

Big Pharma better open their checkbook for the felon. travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #13

Except for companies which pay a nice big bribe. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #14

Is Trump's order aimed at Mark Cuban's Cost-Plus Pharma pricing? bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #54

Trump does nothing unless it benefits himself in some way. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #55

I doubt it will happen NewEnglandAutumn 19 hrs ago #15

similar words NJCher 13 hrs ago #39

He does not need an executive order bmichaelh 19 hrs ago #16

He's done and said several things this weekend that make me think the repukes know they are underwater in '26 Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #18

Gotta get that jet off the front page . . . Journeyman 19 hrs ago #19

King Trump Smackdown2019 18 hrs ago #20

He might as well write an EO to declare every day will be sunny and fair weather Bluetus 17 hrs ago #21

in a recent interview NJCher 13 hrs ago #40

Part of it is Trump's insanity and ego Bluetus 7 hrs ago #61

I'm confused by the Turd's fallacious logic. Tarzanrock 17 hrs ago #22

This EO is completely meaningless. It has no legal authority at all. But for sake of argument Bluetus 17 hrs ago #24

Say there, Crackpot Turd, just how are we "saving" ... Tarzanrock 17 hrs ago #23

That's easy: he did not say per year...or even per decade. In fact, he didn't give any timeframe. Ol Janx Spirit 17 hrs ago #25

I see this as a blame-shifting maneuver. He's going to say he did his part, and RockRaven 17 hrs ago #26

An Exexcutive Order can't change prices. James48 17 hrs ago #28

in his dreams NJCher 13 hrs ago #41

I find it so hard to make sense of the world Trump lives in. applegrove 16 hrs ago #31

you might be interested in what the Canadian expert said NJCher 13 hrs ago #42

Drug prices will continue to go up. Tarzanrock 16 hrs ago #32

Nice idea for generic drugs Warpy 16 hrs ago #33

I would interpret this more along the lines of NJCher 13 hrs ago #43

Congratulations on your 40,000 post milestone. niyad 3 hrs ago #62

Thank you! NJCher 2 hrs ago #63

If you think that you are being "ripped" off by the pharmaceutical industries and by the insurance industries ... Tarzanrock 15 hrs ago #34

DONNIE! REALITY DOESNT WORK THIS WAY! flying rabbit 15 hrs ago #35

Here come major drug shortages Akakoji 14 hrs ago #36

Yeah right. The gop (let alone maga) only do things to make themselves and their criminal friends money. C Moon 13 hrs ago #37

As useful as Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. FiveFifteen 11 hrs ago #44

Clueless Botany 9 hrs ago #45

If other countries drug prices go up, depending how high they go up, based on his proposal, our prices will be JohnSJ 9 hrs ago #47

Other nations make pharmaceuticals too and what those manufacturers and other nations Botany 9 hrs ago #48

Yes they do, and it is even more complicated because many of the U.S. pharmaceutical companies have partnerships or JohnSJ 9 hrs ago #50

One of the reasons our prescription drugs cost so much is that we (I think) are the only ... Botany 8 hrs ago #60

First, this has to be approved by Congress. His executive order won't do diddly. Second, he has said he will be JohnSJ 9 hrs ago #46

Which will have absolutely nothing to do with the price of drugs. Scrivener7 9 hrs ago #49

Dems messaging is horrible gab13by13 9 hrs ago #51

Yes but now we have pharma without research b/c government funding is neutered. bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #52

Saw this on Raw Story gab13by13 9 hrs ago #53

More lip service k_buddy762 8 hrs ago #56

He doesn't have the authority to do it without congress. The companies will take him to court and win. everyonematters 8 hrs ago #57

Is the the EO that the Republican congress going to rebel on? LiberalArkie 8 hrs ago #58