Trump and House GOP 'were not in agreement' on his big drug pricing announcement: reporter

Donald Trump and House Republicans were at odds on drug pricing, which is the subject of a major announcement the president made over the weekend.Trump on Sunday took to his own social media site, Truth Social, and announced what he called "one of the most consequential orders in our country's history." It was a price control plan for prescriptions."For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY??? It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer," Trump wrote. "The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the 'suckers' of America, ALONE."EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US citizen sues Kristi Noem after being grabbed by ICEJake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, weighed in on social media after the announcement.According to Sherman, "there has been a big discussion about drug pricing in the reconciliation bill."He added, "House Republicans and Trump were not in agreement on that."

Donald Trump and House Republicans were at odds on drug pricing, which is the subject of a major announcement the president made over the weekend . Trump on Sunday took to his own social media site, Truth Social, and announced what he called "one of the most consequential orders in our country's history." It was a price control plan for prescriptions.

"For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY??? It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer," Trump wrote. "The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the 'suckers' of America, ALONE." EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US citizen sues Kristi Noem after being grabbed by ICE Jake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, weighed in on social media after the announcement.

According to Sherman, "there has been a big discussion about drug pricing in the reconciliation bill." He added, "House Republicans and Trump were not in agreement on that.".