Americans pay 8X more than Europeans for the exact same drugs.
When Trump uncovered the scam, he gave Big Pharma an ultimatum:
“Cut the prices in 60 days… or make the world pay.”
Pfizer, Ozempic, and Eli Lilly just hit back.
Here’s the ugly scam Trump exposed (and his genius plan): 🧵👇
The pharmaceutical industry has a dirty secret.
Americans pay 8x more for the exact same medications.
Insulin?
$300 in America vs $30 in Germany.
But one man decided to end this system entirely...
Trump sent letters to 15 pharmaceutical CEOs.
His ultimatum was simple:
• Stop charging Americans more than other countries.
• Or face government intervention.
His weapon? A policy so aggressive it will reshape global healthcare:
The "Most Favored Nation" rule.
If Germany pays $100 for a drug, America pays $100.
No exceptions.
Medicare would automatically get the lowest global price.
Now pharma companies have two choices:
Slash US prices (and profits).
Or raise prices everywhere else to match America's.
Do you think Big Pharma would take a $600 billion pay cut?
Well, one company just made the first move...
September 1, 2025.
Eli Lilly announces a 170% price increase for Mounjaro (weight loss drug) in the UK.
From £122 to £330 per month. Overnight.
Half a million Brits now face nearly triple costs.
But here's the shocking part:
Eli Lilly admitted exactly why they did it:
"We're raising foreign prices in order to make them lower in the US."
Their exact words.
The first pharma giant to openly confess to this strategy.
Why on earth would they admit this?
Simple math.
70% of their global profits come from America.
They couldn't afford to cut US prices.
So they chose door number two:
Make the rest of the world pay up.
In the UK, NHS patients are protected.
But 500,000+ UK users buying privately? They're paying the full increase.
But look at Pfizer and Novo Nordisk (Ozempic):
Novo Nordisk's stock dropped 4%.
Pfizer is asking for even more drug spending commitments from the EU.
Canada, France, and Germany expect price hikes within months.
And the entire global pricing system is unraveling.
But here's what most people don't understand:
Those "low" European prices were always an illusion.
Governments negotiate secret rebates of 20-40% off list prices.
The real costs? Hidden from everyone.
Including US regulators.
When companies raise list prices abroad, nobody knows the true impact...
But Trump's strategy goes deeper.
He's forcing pharma to expose the entire game.
• Either Americans get fair prices.
• Or the world sees the true cost of innovation.
No more hidden subsidies.
And only Trump could've pulled this off...
Trump doesn't debate policy details.
He makes it clear:
"Cut the prices at all costs."
That narrative power created leverage pharma never saw coming.
The best bit?
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