RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims

Key Points:

• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Trump's frequent incorrect percentage calculations regarding prescription drug discounts, claiming Trump "has a different way of calculating."
• Kennedy incorrectly stated that reducing a $600 drug to $10 is a "600 percent reduction," despite a price discount mathematically capped at 100 percent, which would mean the price drops to zero.
• Senator Elizabeth Warren challenged Kennedy on the high prices of drugs on the TrumpRx website compared to generic alternatives, highlighting ongoing issues with drug affordability despite Trump's claims.
• President Trump has repeatedly made mathematically impossible claims about drug price reductions since launching TrumpRx, sometimes stating discounts of 400 to 1,500 percent and later suggesting the calculation method is flexible.
• Despite media corrections, Trump has continued to assert exaggerated drug price reductions, claiming discounts ranging from 50 to 90 percent and alternatively 400 to 700 percent, without clear or accurate explanations.