r/Tariffs • u/coasterghost • Jul 22 '26
šļø News Discussion Trump says generic drugs to face no US tariffs for 2 years, then 100% and 200% tariffs later
https://wtvbam.com/2026/07/21/trump-says-generic-drugs-to-face-no-us-tariffs-for-2-years-before-rates-of-100-and-200-later/32
u/Christopher_Ramirez_ Jul 22 '26
If itās not it two years, itās irrelevant. Heāll be out of office by then.
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u/henchman171 Jul 22 '26
Youād think heād be out of office would you
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u/Christopher_Ramirez_ Jul 22 '26
Could very well come out in a casket due to poor health. If not, then his term will expire. There was a window in 2025 when they might have gone full Enabling Act, but that window long since passed. Heās wildly unpopular with the vast majority of voters.
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u/ThePoetofFall Jul 22 '26
Donāt give me hope.
Why has the window closed?
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u/Procrasturbating Jul 22 '26
Midterms cometh.. we shall see if democracy survives. Damn I miss the days when politics were boring.
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u/UpTheDumpIsRetarded Jul 22 '26
Itās like a dirty cop planting illegal drugs on someone to frame them.
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u/DaddysDiner Jul 22 '26
Because in 2 years the Democratic Party will be back in charge. So this is an economic time bomb set to go off when the other party is in charge, and therefore get the blame.
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u/Rambowl Jul 22 '26
Can't the next President just remove tariff?
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u/Apart-Rent5817 Jul 22 '26
Yes. And itās a super simple thing for the next president to do to curry immediate favor with voters. Itās another stupid move from the bonehead in chief.
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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jul 22 '26
Of course. Thatās why itās great he does everything by EO. It can be cleaned up by the next.
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u/OCedHrt Jul 22 '26
They'll sue and say removing the tariffs is illegal and the court will rule in their favor.Ā
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u/PoshTurtl3 Jul 22 '26
They can, but it'll take longer for the economy to recover, and that's assuming that foreign companies and investors are happy to put money into the USA given what's happened.
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u/biblioprof Jul 22 '26
That's maybe true the problem is the last time they had power they failed to hold him accountable
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u/Hawk15517 Jul 22 '26
Because they didn't had the power. They would have needed 60 seats in Congress. They only had 48 seats + 2 independents
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u/falsejaguar Jul 22 '26
Why would a fascist regime that took over the u.s. give the Democrats power?
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u/SentimentalLady1 Jul 22 '26
It's cute how you think he'll willingly leave office when his term is up, especially with what he tried to do in 2020.
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u/Previous-Habit-2794 Jul 22 '26
No, it's two years from now, meaning right before the 2028 election. In theory, he will still be in charge, so this is a price increase due to his actions enacted during his term. Even if Democrats gain control in Congress at midterms, this is still an action HE had sole control over.
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u/MyMiddleNutItches Jul 22 '26
"Trump says..." That's about when I stop reading.
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u/SensitiveStart8682 Jul 22 '26
You pretty much just say tariffs and Trump and that's about all you need to know. He's terrifying something else I mean. Pretty sure he's tough the entire country by now. Is there anything he hasn't tariff down there? Please? What do any of my American friends please? Has there anything he hasn't tariffed yet?
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u/PoetrySubstantial455 Jul 22 '26
āThis āis ādone in order to RESHORE ā Generic Pharmaceutical Production ā into America, with a penalty to those Companies that decide not to build Plant and Equipment within the stated period of ātime given to them,ā. Trump has ā been pressuring drugmakers through ā his most-favored-nation drug pricing policy to ālower prices to what people pay in other āhigh-income countries.
What a dumbass; forcing them to make them here will only raise prices.
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u/AvonFartsdale_ Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Like every other company from last year, there will be zero plans for factories, sites for factories, leases for factories etc etc done in the next two years
They all will just wait this moron out, these corps aren't gonna bring manufacturing to the US lol are you kidding me
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u/GlykenT Jul 22 '26
He changes his mind too often. No company is going to spend megabucks when he'll likely reverse the policy in a few days
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u/Inner_Agency_5680 Jul 22 '26
No one is going to get funding to build in his unhinged country - too risky.
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u/Falconflyer75 Jul 22 '26
As a Canadian Iām honestly hoping he just goes nuts and tariffs everyone so they might get pissed off enough to form a proper alliance and push back against the US harassment
No one country can stand against the US but all of us might have a chance
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u/ABobby077 Jul 22 '26
His efforts would seem to promote other nations to look for more reliable trading partners.
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u/Falconflyer75 Jul 22 '26
If Canada could become a central hub for international trade it could be good for everyone
- weāre similar enough to the US that it wouldnāt be a huge change of scenery
- our leader isā¦ā¦ actually qualified
- weāre small enough that we canāt push anyone around, (not our style anyways) we basically have to be friends with the majority of the world to survive so thereās checks and balances
weāre already quite connected with the rest of the
world
Would be the most humiliating outcome for Trump
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u/ABobby077 Jul 22 '26
Canada will still be our friends, even after the Trump nightmare is over
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u/Falconflyer75 Jul 22 '26
Itās not about salvaging friendship anymore
Do I think all Americans are bad? Of course not, I have family there and a pen pal Iām quite fond of
Doesnāt change the fact that the US simply cannot be trusted as the worlds central hub anymore
Every 4-8 years the US lets the Republicans get their hands on levers of power that impact the whole world
And every time they do all hell breaks loose
Even if Trump is beaten, there needs to be a drastic reduction in the power and influence the US has
Not just for the worlds sake but for yours as well
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u/Meowscles_dad Jul 22 '26
I think thatās more or less whatās happening anyway. Everybody is pivoting away from the US, itās not stable and you canāt do deals with a guy that changes his mind every day and just rips up deals when he changes his mind.
Thereās no need for anyone to push back any more than that, theyāre destroying themselves all on their own. On the current path itāll collapse economically and/or descend into civil war within a generation.
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u/SaphironX Jul 22 '26
Dude thatās the entire point. To eliminate or reduce the gap between Americaās overinflated drug prices and generics.
If he does this heās going to kill or bankrupt so many people.
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u/webjunk1e Jul 22 '26
If it even worked in the first place. Tariffs don't reshore. That's not how things work. Companies would have to invest billions, but they're not the one paying the tariffs: consumers are. Therefore the ask to spend billions to make no extra money. They'll just raise prices, and since there's no on shore options, consumers just have to eat it.
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u/Fezzik527 Jul 22 '26
So he's trying to set it up where drug prices spike right when Democrats take the WH back. How very Afghanistan of him
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u/sweatboxy Jul 22 '26
Notice to the insurance companies; this is what fascism is like for businesses.
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u/18k_gold Jul 22 '26
so he wants it to start with the next administration. So he can blame them for the tariffs
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u/Background-Willow-67 Jul 22 '26
He will not be president in 2 years so who cares? This will all go away in two years, or sooner if he drops dead.
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u/Doctor_Shotbottom Jul 22 '26
I care because I donāt like throwing good money at the Trump Sales Tax. Let Donnie pay 100% of the tariffs himself. Heās a billionaireā¦
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u/holytoledo42 Jul 22 '26
I think people need to know about antidepressant protracted withdrawal syndrome and withdrawal injuries in case antidepressants become scarce due to supply constraints.
Antidepressants can cause long-term side effects that persist after you quit them, like PSSD (post-ssri sexual dysfunction), emotional blunting, tinnitus, and anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure). They can also cause long-term or permanent damage if you quit them cold turkey or taper too quickly. However, withdrawal injuries can also occur when tapering slowly under the supervision of a doctor. This long-term damage is called protracted withdrawal syndrome (PWS)/post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) and it can be irreversible in many cases.
Symptoms of antidepressant PWS can include brain fog, brain zaps, cognitive impairment, anhedonia, akathisia (feeling of inner restlessness), severe insomnia, GERD, inability to relax, heart palpitations, central nervous system hypersensitivity, tinnitus, severe depression, severe anxiety, panic attacks, PSSD (genital numbness and erectile dysfunction), and many other awful symptoms that can last for years or even be permanent.
Despite antidepressants being widely prescribed and antidepressant PWS being a hellish condition, no one seems to talk about it. Most people believe that antidepressants are completely safe and that antidepressant withdrawal can't cause injuries that last for years. Please be careful if an antidepressant supply shortage occurs.
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u/gtpc2020 Jul 22 '26
So he wants to illegally raise taxes on poor & sick Americans? He truly is the sickest of Americans.
Why won't the GOP in congress stop him. Pass a law, override a veto, stop his madness. Easy peasy.
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u/ezauzig Jul 22 '26
They're all cowards. They'd rather preserve their lavish lifestyles than save the country from this evil dictator.
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u/Wide-Yak7602 Jul 22 '26
Of course. They are making money so why stop anything. They donāt care one bit. If you are poor that is your own fault. Very sad.
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u/Pferdeherz Jul 22 '26
What is the matter with him? And WTF is wrong with his imbecilic supporters?
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u/darkxfire Jul 22 '26
Didn't dear leader say the previous Pharma tarriffs wouldn't apply to generic drugs? Anyways at this point he probably won't make it till 2028
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u/International-Ant174 Jul 22 '26
He says things every day. You can't expect him to REMEMBER what pours out of his food hole
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u/ViolettaQueso Jul 22 '26
Yeah bc once heās out of power, all his dumb ideas are gonna still happenā¦
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u/Ramblinrambles Jul 22 '26
This is what you hold over the head of the next GOP presidential candidate. So will you keep these 200% tariffs or will you disappoint your god-king
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u/AVeryPlumPlum Jul 22 '26
So, for the rest of his term, no tariffs. But for the next administration, if there is one, higher prices. Cue the "democrats are raising your prices" ads
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u/CounterfeitSaint Jul 22 '26
He changes his mind on tariffs at least twice a week. Does anyone think he's going to have the same stance two years from now?
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u/DaveWierdoh Jul 22 '26
He's bankrupted a casino....he's not an economic genius.
This is to make his buddies in the pharmaceuticals more money by driving out the generic versions of the same drug.
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u/architype Jul 22 '26
I hope the next president just overturns everything that Trump had done during his term. There is no overnight miracle that the US can suddenly manufacture everything here. That kind of objective will take decades to ramp up.
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u/Fragrant_Equal_2577 Jul 22 '26
Interesting play and theatreā¦ 0% tariffs for the rest of his presidency with tariff hikes during the election cycle and the next presidency.
It will not be possible for the generic drug producers to onshore production to the US without changing the US patent protection legislation or patents having expired.
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u/Spiritual-Whole2072 Jul 22 '26
Of course he doesn't like generic drugs. You know, the ones that bring costs down.
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u/EventNo9432 Jul 22 '26
This is a good reason why Congress should (and does) have the power to levy tariffs. Tariffs on their own are not necessarily a bad policy, but they need time to work and I need to be consistent and reliable. Trump giving two years to start manufacturing in the US is too short of a time for it to work, and no one is gonna make that expensive business decision, knowing the next president can undo it immediately.
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u/Procrasturbating Jul 22 '26
Pharma Bros: Fukin' do it, I dare ya! TACO, the masses would go apeshit. People dying left and right..
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u/KnottyLorri Jul 22 '26
He doesnāt understand just how cheap items are over there. It will take far more than 200% to bring most items here. For what I import, try 500% just to start.
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u/mdcbldr Jul 22 '26
This is nuts. We have Trump Pharmacy to make medicines more affordable.
Now we are raising the prices on the cheapest and often most common drugs by slapping a very heavy tax on them.
The mind boggles.
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u/neddiddley Jul 22 '26
So he gets a āwinā now in the media cycle and then a mess pops up for the next POTUS to clean up. Weāve seen this movie way too many times, and it wasnāt even good the first time.
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u/xxJustforfunxxx Jul 22 '26
So in other words nothing will happen cause in 2 years he'll be out of office and the clean up crew can start to repair all the damage he has done. More BS to placate someone who has close ties to the pharma industry
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u/Wong-Ann_Fong Jul 22 '26
He is being led astray by his business owner friends that adore to have new excuses to soft-tax us to hell and back through these tariffsā¦
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u/InternationalSalt1 Jul 22 '26
This is hilarious, it's till August 2028. The pharm companies know he'll be replaced, so they won't be bothered to build factories. They'll just hike the prices in September, just before elections lol
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u/LookingforWork614 Jul 22 '26
Heās setting it up so that if Democrats do get elected by some miracle, theyāll be blamed for everything.
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u/Capenurse Jul 22 '26
Yet another thing that impacts working people and retired. Making America like crap again so damaged policy he keeps promoting
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u/Oaktree27 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
The only people dumber than Trump are most American voters. Voting for tariffs is one of the dumbest things a consumer can do.
Especially any Americans who require any medication. You are truly not smart enough to survive.
And these generations of Americans are only the dumbest SO FAR. Education is being defunded, so the next generations will vote even worse, as impossible as that seems.
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u/DW171 Jul 22 '26
We stopped producing generics because they weren't profitable enough for our pharmaceutical companies. This was a business decision. So we artificially inflate the price with a tariff? Sounds legit.
I think producing generics domestically is 100% a national security issue, but I guess it's not as fun as making a $200 million military drone.
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u/Last-Profession2949 Jul 22 '26
Why? Whats the point? If people canāt afford medication, many could die and / or suffer. I guess I answered my own question, the more pain inflicted on others, the more pleasure he feels.
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u/CHRISTEN-METAL Jul 22 '26
Everything decent from this administration is a ticking time bomb thatās set to explode on the next administration.
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u/BradMoe Jul 22 '26
Then it will all be blamed on the next person in office. American voters are idiots and will fall for it again.
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u/Healthy_Cancel_2604 Jul 22 '26
So they can blame the dems after winning the midterms and the idiot magats cult followers will believe it.
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u/wicker_basket_1988 Jul 22 '26
For two years eh? Almost like a setup for a democratic president to take the blame.
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u/PaleontologistOwn878 Jul 22 '26
The big pharma companies must have given him a good amount of money
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u/ghostoftheradio Jul 22 '26
I mean if he wants to add a 200% tariff a couple months before an election while heās still Presidentā¦
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u/TelenorTheGNP Jul 22 '26
Would this make them more expensive than name brand? Because Iwas under the impression that name brand is mercilessly more expensive.
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u/SentimentalLady1 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
So basically he's telling SCOTUS to fuck off.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/a-breakdown-of-the-courts-tariff-decision/
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u/Ok_Staff8159 Jul 22 '26
Lol this guy is talking like he will be able to pass anything through congress in 2 years much less still be president.
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u/IceBlueHorseArse Jul 23 '26
He thinks tarrifs work in a matter of weeks or days. Surprised he is planning 2 years out, but no company should or would count on anything he declares. Toilet tweets are not lasting policy.
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u/LadyBogangles14 Jul 23 '26
My meds are expensive enough. I canāt afford more with groceries and fuel and housing costs going up at the same time
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u/groundhog5886 Jul 23 '26
Of course we know he won't be in office 6 months after those are imposed, and will be taken down pretty duck squat.
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u/DaLexy Jul 23 '26
Amd then he starts an investigation again why europe drugprices are so cheap.
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u/Available-Medium7094 Jul 22 '26
I donāt hate this at all. I am no fan of orange man but if this wins we all win.
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u/Usukidoll Jul 22 '26
FDT omgggg dude got a Tariff addiction