President Donald Trump on Thursday made a claim even he admitted was “hard to believe.”
And his critics were quick to point out why it’s so difficult to grasp: It’s literally impossible.
While unveiling a new program to reduce the cost of IVF treatments, the president boasted that he’s delivered steep discounts on the prices of all medications.
“Now I’m getting them down... 500, 600, 800%,” he said. “In some cases, even more than that. It’s hard to believe.”
Reducing the price by 100% would make the item free. Going past that to the “500, 600, 800%” that Trump mentioned would, in theory, mean paying people to take the medication.
