Overview
- Addressing Republican lawmakers at his Doral, Florida retreat, President Trump boasted, “No other president can do some of the sh*t I’m doing.”
- He highlighted Most-Favored-Nation drug-pricing agreements with more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies and framed them as slashing U.S. prescription costs.
- Trump pressed Republicans to pass legislation codifying the MFN policy, saying such action “should win the midterms.”
- He recounted threatening 100 percent tariffs on French wines and champagnes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron to accept higher drug prices, a claim the French Presidency has publicly disputed.
- Reporters noted the Supreme Court voted 6–3 on Feb. 20 to strike down the tariff tool underpinning his approach, and Trump said he has other ways to pursue the same goal.