U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he signs an executive order on prescription drug pricing during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 12.
Mandatory Credit:	Nathan Howard/Reuters via CNN Newsource

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he signs an executive order on prescription drug pricing during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 12.
Mandatory Credit: Nathan Howard/Reuters via CNN Newsource

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President Donald Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on major drugmakers to bring their US prices in line with the far lower ones available to patients in other countries.