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Trump Says $600 Drug Now $10, Critics Slam Math

4/24/2026

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  • President Donald Trump claimed TrumpRx cut a $600 drug to $10—a 600 percent discount—at a Committee hearing in D.C.
  • Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the claim, saying president uses a calculation.
  • Senator Elizabeth Warren countered, stating the $600-to-$10 reduction is 98 percent discount, not 600 percent, and firms would have to pay consumers.
  • Jimmy Kimmel mocked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s explanation in his monologue, highlighting absurd math and noting Kennedy’s breathing.