Overview
- Speaking to House Republican members, the president recounted telling Emmanuel Macron he would impose a 25% tariff on all French goods.
- He said countries agreed “within 3.2 minutes” to raise prices and claimed they would be “honoured to quadruple” drug costs.
- He imitated Macron on stage, quoting him as saying “Donald, you have a deal” and “Please, Donald, I beg you.”
- He framed the story as ending Americans’ subsidizing of lower foreign prices and contrasted his approach with Joe Biden’s.
- AFP previously reported similar remarks and noted there has been no official confirmation from France of any such price hikes.