"I think that is a very big statement, and what happened here is the biggest statement of all, because no one thought anything like this was possible, Trump said. And I think based on that, I won't even take questions today because there's no way I can take questions that are anywhere comparable to what you just witnessed. You just witnessed drug prices that will go down at levels never thought even possibleNever thought even possible."
"And I prefer not talking and asking questions, only for the reason that this is such a big announcement meaning what these people have said and what the other four companies are going to say, which is exactly the same thing that I really don't want to soil it up by asking questions, even questions that are very fair questions, that I'd love to answer. So, I think we have to just stop right here."
President Donald Trump announced that his administration negotiated Most Favored Nation status with 14 pharmaceutical companies and said he will meet with insurance companies to push for lower prices. He declined to take reporters' questions after the announcement, saying he did not want to 'soil' the moment and that the price reductions were unprecedented. Trump emphasized that the deals represent levels of price reduction previously thought impossible and framed the decision to avoid questions as protecting the announcement's significance. Fox News noted the rarity of holding a press event without a question period. The Justice Department indicated it would miss a deadline to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files.
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