I like Macron, I hope he's listening! - Trump before mercilessly mocking French president AGAIN about drug prices
"Donald Trump claimed he like President Emmanuel Macron 'a lot' - before mercilessly mocking him yet again over drug prices - as he revealed his Great Healthcare Plan in DC on Friday. "I started with President Macron of France and a very nice person I like him a lot I hope he's listening because he doesn't believe that but I do it's a nice man, and I said man, Emmanuel, I don't know thank you so much for calling. I said, you're not going to like this call. You're going to have to get your drug prices up," he said. 'No, no, no, no, no. I will not do that'. I said, Emmanuel, we're paying 13 times more than 13 times, not 13 percent. 13 times more than you are for this pill." "'No, no, Donald, I told you I will not do that'. I said, here's the story, Emmanuel, if you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25 percent tariff on all goods, wine, champagnes, and everything else coming into the United States of America. He said, 'Donald, I would love to do this for you. It would be a great honour to do it'. And that's where it began. And I went through country after country," Trump added. The US leader has repeatedly claimed that higher prices in Europe will bring down those in the United States. The administration says the new healthcare plan will lower prices and premiums, hold insurance companies accountable and mean better transparency in the system. "