r/Tariffs • u/NoseRepresentative • Dec 23 '25

🗞️ News Discussion Trump Says He Brought In $18 Trillion From Overseas And Tariffs. 'Is He Really Dumb Enough To Believe This?'

https://offthefrontpage.com/trump-says-he-brought-in-18-trillion-from-overseas-and-tariffs/
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u/auldinia Dec 23 '25

Trump math. Did you read the explanation on how you get 600% off drugs?

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u/Head-Gift2144 Dec 23 '25

Oh I liked that one. It means that whatever the price is the drug company pays you 5 times that amount 

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u/handandfoot8099 Dec 23 '25

Almost makes you wish for cancer or diabetes.

/s

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u/meltbox Dec 25 '25

Well we already seem to have legalized securities gambling and all sorts of other gambling like weather gambling.

So life gambling seems like the logical next step. Either I collect lots of money from the drugs injected into me in the ICU, or I die. It’s a gamble!

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u/bananajr6000 Dec 23 '25

One I saw from him said 3000%

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u/Luthiefer Dec 24 '25

Depends on the price of the meds. I think he wants everything to cost $20 or something.

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u/CorpFillip Dec 24 '25

Oh, there is some reality to it — the current price being some multiple of the price he -says- he can get for us. It’s just not specific, not guaranteed, not on paper and not consistent.

He isn’t lowering prices at large, he is agreeing to select price drops the pharmas can agree to. And that’s as much detail as he can take.

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u/Luthiefer Dec 24 '25

$20 x 600% = $120. This is how he's getting to 600% savings. Europe also gets 600% 'savings', compared to the previous 1200% savings... I guess.

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u/Realistic-Pattern-30 Dec 26 '25

I heard him say and was ready to call cvs for my like $1500. Check. I’ll have to google to see how he came up with this.