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Friday, December 19, 2025

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has attempted to explain President Donald Trump's "mathematically impossible" claim that he is cutting drug prices by up to 600 percent ...

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FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times F: Not a 600% cut L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Dec 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM

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Kudos! Professor Irwin Corey couldn't have said it better.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-19 06:14 AM | Reply

He said that the figures "depend on when you look at it."

If you look at it from inside the orange buffoons ass they go down 600%.

In reality the are up.

Demand to be shown which drugs went down 600%.

The maff ain't maffing.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-19 07:32 AM | Reply

Howie could've had a decent run as a three-card monte dealer.

"Heres a little game of hanky poo, two for me, one for you. Ten will get you twenty, twenty will get you forty, bet on red get paid on the head."

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-19 07:42 AM | Reply

...Are they this dumb?

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-12-19 11:12 AM | Reply

Adding to the point, they definitely think we are.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-19 01:39 PM | Reply

It used to cost 600% more
Is not the same as
It now costs 600% less.

Is there any mention of which drugs this supposedly happened to?
Is it a thing Biden did?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-19 01:42 PM | Reply

"It used to cost 600% more Is not the same as It now costs 600% less."

More frightening: His circle is either too dumb, or too afraid of Trump to correct him.

Neither options are good.

#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-19 01:45 PM | Reply

When you consider Howie Lutnik is what passes for a serious person in this administration, you realize just how ensh*ttified their entire operation has become.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-19 01:51 PM | Reply

Trump is the WC Fields of presidents. His sycophants are dumber because of him.

#9 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-12-19 01:59 PM | Reply

So when are the checks to be distributed for the drug companies paying us to use their products?

#10 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-19 02:36 PM | Reply

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