# Post ts_114496851630865496

- Post ID: `ts_114496851630865496`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-12T20:55:07.437Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114496851630865496
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114496851630865496/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114496851630865496.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> We are going to slash the cost of prescription drugs, and we will bring fairness to America. Drug prices will come down—We're gonna cut out the middlemen and facilitate the direct sale of drugs at the most favored nation price directly to the American citizen!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:02), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries and will no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging. For the first time in many years, we'll slash the costs of prescription drugs and we will bring fairness to America. Drug prices will come down, we're going to cut out the middlemen and facilitate the direct sale of drugs at the most favored nation price directly to the American citizen. I'm just so grateful to be here today. I never thought that this would happen in my lifetime. This is the most powerful executive order on pharmacy pricing and health care ever in the history of our nation. By getting our allies to pay a bit more, we'll course correct a problem that's gotten out of hand. We're standing up for the American consumer who's been paying far too high prices for far too long. We didn't take an oath to heal patients and then watch their life get ruined financially. We're going to do everything we can at the FDA to support this executive order. It's transformative. Thank you, Mr. President. [END]

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/496/850/806/344/977/original/5d2f16c1760d366b.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,193
- Reposts: 2,610
- Replies: 656
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.310Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:27:58.230Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Prescription Drug Price Post (2025-05-12)

This is a polished policy announcement post about prescription drug pricing, likely clipped from a speech or video (given the attached .mp4). The language is a hybrid — it contains some Trumpian oral markers ("We're gonna") but is structured as a coherent policy statement.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:55 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or D.C.). Business hours, polished messaging with a video attachment — consistent with staff-coordinated content. The "gonna" and exclamation point add authentic flavor but this reads as a transcribed/captioned clip from a speech rather than a spontaneous post.

### Psychological Content
Standard supply-seeking post — populist promise framing. "Cut out the middlemen" is classic Trumpian anti-establishment rhetoric. "Most favored nation price" is a specific policy term suggesting scripted remarks. The post positions Trump as champion of ordinary Americans against exploitative intermediaries.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Populist framing (the people vs. middlemen)
- Promise of fairness and cost reduction
- Direct-to-consumer language emphasizing personal benefit

### Clinical Significance
Minimal. This is routine policy messaging with no notable cognitive, emotional, or clinical markers.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Drug prices will come down through most favored nation pricing and cutting out middlemen" | **Unverifiable** | This is a forward-looking policy promise rather than a verifiable factual claim. MFN pricing has been proposed before but implementation details and actual impact remain speculative. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:55 PM ET)
- Video attachment suggests coordinated media release
- Coherent policy statement with specific terminology ('most favored nation price')
- Professional formatting with clear structure
- 'gonna' suggests transcribed speech rather than composed post

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to 'American citizen'
- Inclusive 'we' language

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Drug prices will come down through most favored nation pricing and cutting out middlemen

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is a forward-looking policy promise rather than a verifiable factual claim. MFN pricing has been proposed before but implementation details and actual impact remain speculative.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- policy_announcement (90%)
- healthcare (80%)
- populism (70%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Prescription Drug Executive Order Dominates a Carefully Orchestrated Policy Day, Bookended by Grievance**

Trump's day was dominated by a coordinated rollout of an executive order on prescription drug pricing, which he promoted relentlessly across nearly half his posts. The morning opened with triumphant news about the release of American hostage Edan Alexander, followed by a midday policy blitz featuring quotes from administration officials. The day's only real flash of anger came in the late afternoon with an aggressive post about immigration and "radical left judges," but the overall tone was one of self-congratulation and policy promotion rather than sustained combativeness. Notably absent was any mention of the major U.S.-China tariff reduction deal announced the same day.

Full digest for 2025-05-12: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 12). We are going to slash the cost of prescription... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114496851630865496
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We are going to slash the cost of prescription drugs, and..." Truth Social, 12 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114496851630865496. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We are going to slash the cost of prescription drugs, and...," Truth Social, May 12, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114496851630865496.

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