Overview
- Trump has repeatedly told supporters he threatened tariffs on French goods to make Macron agree to raise medicine prices.
- France's presidency called the story nonsensical and emphasized that drug prices are not determined by the head of state.
- French media report no announcement or presidential decision to increase medicine prices, with prices described as broadly stable in recent months.
- Reporting notes a U.S.–EU tariff framework from the summer setting roughly 15% duties on most European exports to the United States, providing context for the purported threat.
- Trump frames higher European prices as a route to lower costs for Americans, but there is no independent confirmation of any French policy change linked to his claim.