From Overton News:
It started with chaos.
In Kashmir, Islamist militants launched a violent terror attack that killed 26 civilians. India wasted no time in responding—strikes hit targets in Pakistan, and tensions began rising fast.
The nightmare scenario was unfolding: two nuclear-armed countries sliding toward war.
While headlines swirled and panic built, something was already in motion behind the scenes.
Without warning, Trump made the announcement:
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence.”
Just like that, the momentum toward war snapped.
What looked like an unstoppable chain reaction of violence was over before it began.
It was a quiet, high-stakes diplomatic win—and a sign of what was coming.
Before the dust settled, Trump made another move—this time at home, and it hit Big Pharma where it hurts.
At a press conference flanked by his health team, he signed what he called the most aggressive executive order on drug pricing in American history.
It was a direct challenge to Big Pharma’s global pricing scheme, and it came with a clear message: the days of U.S. patients paying for the rest of the world are over.
“Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing,” he said.
“We were subsidizing others health care, countries where they paid a small fraction of what for the same drug that what we pay many, many times more for.”
The way he told it, the greed wasn’t just coming from drug companies. It was being pushed by foreign governments taking advantage of the U.S. system.
“And will no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from Big Pharma,” he added.
“But again, it was really the countries that forced Big Pharma to do things that frankly, I'm not sure they really felt comfortable doing, but they've gotten away with it, these countries, European Union has been brutal, brutal.”
He made it clear that this wasn’t just about cutting costs—it was about putting America first in a global racket that had gone unchallenged for decades.
“So for the first time in many years, we’ll slash the cost of prescription drugs and we will bring fairness to America.”
Then came the numbers that left an impression.
“If you think of a drug that is sometimes ten times more expensive, it’s much more than the 59%... but between 59 and 80 and I guess even 90%.”
That wasn’t just reform, it was a full-scale rebellion against the pharmaceutical status quo. (Read more.)
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