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Again, he is talking in reference to the prices the drug companies and charging our country compared to other countries. The clip presented cut off when he started to talk about favored nation status.

I am sorry some of you don't understand or do understand but simply want to push a BS narrative.

Correct. You are wasting your time.

Sorry Peen - but you are incorrect.

For 1 - the USA pays MORE for it's meidication/drugs than other industrialized/western/1st world nations. Period.

For 2 - I think it might be Mexico and some other country ruled by drug cartles where the cost of pharmacuticals is higher. 2A - do you want to compare the US to Mexico and another drug cartel run country? 2B - even if you comp the USA prices to the very worst of the other 3rd world countries the price **might** be 100% higher/lower depending in which direction you are doing the math. There isn't a 1500% saving to be found. It is not possible.

Here's a challenge for you, instead of trying to justify Trumps mental math incompetance with "maybe's" or "the clip cut short" - find one example, anywhere on the planet for any pharmacutical drug where the cost to the USA consumer/patient can be considered 1500% lower. I guess this is a challange I know you will avoid because it can't be done. Maybe you can dismiss it with a claim that posters don't post anything of substance while you yourself make claims that ware wholly and completely unsubstaniated AND not accurate when examined even in a little detail.

More than a little ironic given your spamming the board with conspiracy theories that date back 8 years and that have been debunked by Republicans. AND this nonsense waffle without any substance that Trump was right when he talked such poop about drug prices. I mean - we all know Trump has verbal Diarrhea and talks crap many times when he goes off script and free wheels. Just admit this was one such occaision... it's better than trying to say he was right. That simple smacks of how badly someone has been brainwashed.

Let me know when you actually say something reasonable.

Thank you so much to your valuable contribution to the content of the thread. As per usual these days. So for you as well as Peen let's just recap why people may be skeptical of your excuses pertaining to his 1400, 1500% comment.

First, he directly compared 50% to those numbers. I mean Peen liked to add what he said after that while ignoring the complete context of the sentence itself. This is exactly what he said.......... "Well, one of the things they're going to be talking about pretty soon are the tremendous drop in drug prices. You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500 percent. I don't mean 50 percent. I mean 14-, 1,500 percent," the president said.

That is the totality of his sentence. He compared 50% to 1500%. He had every opportunity to say "Not 50% but 70, 80 and by as much as 90%." But he either made the choice to be deceptive or isnt smart enough to understand what he was saying. Your choice.

This is the same man that thinks there in a country in Africa named Nambia. The same man that proclaimed the British had airports during the Revolutionary War. Trump, after saying “I know South Korea better than anybody,” declared that Seoul had a population of 38 million, overshooting the correct answer by 28 million. The list goes on and on.

Anything reasonable in reply? You know, about the topic and not a direct slam at the poster?

Weather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos

The National Weather Service has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians just months after being hit hard by Department of Government Efficiency-related cuts and early retirement incentives.

The new hiring number includes 126 new positions that were previously approved and will apply to “front-line mission critical” personnel, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official told CNN.

The NWS cuts have spurred concerns over how well-prepared the country is to withstand hurricane season, which is just starting to heat up in the Atlantic. The staff reductions also have been scrutinized in the wake of the deadly Texas floods in July, with vacancies at weather service forecast offices there.

The cuts to probationary employees, as well as early retirement incentives, meant the nation’s front-line weather forecasting agency’s staffing levels fell by more than 550 people since the second Trump administration began, to below 4,000 total employees.

CNN has reached out to NOAA for comment.

Agency employees are greeting the news, unveiled at an all hands meeting on Monday, with guarded optimism and relief. Current employees have been working additional hours with additional responsibilities since the layoffs and retirements earlier this year, trying to maintain the 24/7 posture US extreme weather requires. The agency has also been functioning with less data from fewer, less frequent weather balloon launches.

The announcement was also met with frustration over the people the agency lost in the failed attempt at government savings.

“How much time/money is it going to cost to train a bunch of new people when we had already-trained people in place?” asked another NOAA official, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. It is possible that some of the new hires will have been previously trained employees who were let go in the DOGE cuts.

The first NOAA official said there is going to be a focus on hiring in a smart, “asymmetric” way that is “based on workload.”

The NWS, aided by lawmakers on Capitol Hill, had been arguing for months for a public safety exemption from the federal hiring freeze. That exemption has been granted, and the agency now has direct hiring authority under the Office of Personnel Management, the official told CNN.

Direct hiring authority, according to OPM’s website, can be given to federal agencies “for filling vacancies when a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates exists.” It can help speed up the hiring process, the NOAA official said.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/weather/nws-rehiring-doge-layoffs-climate

Jc

Him lowering drug prices is just another lie. Show me the paperwork. Where’s the bill or the order? His words are empty until you can prove he actually took actions to make them a reality. Show his work.

Yes, he doesn't know the difference between what he has actually "done" and what he's "trying to do". But I'm sure excuses will be made for that too.

DOGE staffer attacked in DC, Trump says in threat to federalize city

The president said a member of DOGE was "beat up by a bunch of thugs," and called crime in D.C. "totally out of control."

President Donald Trump once again threatened a federal takeover of D.C., calling crime “totally out of control” and saying a member of DOGE was badly beaten recently.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump referenced a man who was beaten by “local thugs.” The post includes a photo of what appears to be a bloody victim.

Trump said Tuesday afternoon the victim in that incident was a member of the Department of Government Efficiency.

"By the way, I have to say that somebody from DOGE was very badly hurt last night,” he said. “You saw that. A young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in D.C. And either they're gonna straighten their act out in terms of government and in terms of protection, or we're going to have to federalize and run it the way it's supposed to be run."

Elon Musk weighed in on X, saying a member of DOGE was severely beaten while saving a woman being assaulted by a gang of young men.

Police identified the victim as Edward Coristine, known by the nickname "Big Balls," one of the original DOGE staffers.

It's unclear whether Coristine is currently a DOGE employee. The Social Security Administration announced in late June that it had hired Coristine as a special government employee. But the government agency did not respond to NBC News' question at the time about whether he was still reporting to DOGE.

Victim assaulted during attempted carjacking early Sunday

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, suspects approached victims standing next to a car in the 1400 block of Swann Street NW about 3 a.m. Sunday. The suspects demanded the car, then assaulted one victim.

The suspects fled when an MPD cruiser pulled into the block, police said. Two of the suspects — a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl from Hyattsville, Maryland — were taken into custody and charged with unarmed carjacking.

D.C. Fire and EMS responded and treated the assault victim at the scene, police said.

“No one who lives, works or visits D.C. should experience this; it is horrific and disturbing,” D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a statement. “I cannot comment on specific cases, but know that when MPD brings us cases with sufficient evidence of juveniles who have broken the law and hurt people, we will prosecute them and ensure they face consequences for their actions."

News4 is working to learn more about the incident the president referred to.

'Crime is going down' Pirro says at DC National Night Out event

Meanwhile, recently confirmed U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro seemed to tout D.C.'s reduction in crime Tuesday evening.

“Crime is going down in D.C.,” she said at a National Night Out event. “It’s going down in D.C. because of you. Because you as parents teach your kids respect, because of law enforcement who make sure that they follow cases until they’re solved, and because of our partners.”

D.C. police report that as of Tuesday, overall crime is down 7% and violent crime is down 26% compared to this date last year.

Pirro later clarified her remarks, saying, "The two are totally different. Tonight was about celebrating successes when community and law enforcement work together. My message at National Night Out was to congratulate kids and parents. But crime is not down enough — ask any crime victim. Now we need to end crime committed by those who are too young to prosecute. It’s time to stop coddling young criminals who assault and maim innocents. It’s time for this to end."

Earlier, Pirro posted on X that she met with Trump Tuesday.

“The president is very serious about making sure that as a prosecutor here that we not only fight crime with a vengeance, but make sure that there are consequences,” she said from outside the White House. “Make sure that we protect the victims and we make the criminals accountable.”

“Our job is to get guns off the street, drugs off the street, take care of those individuals who are threatening carjacking other people and make this city safe and clean again,” Pirro said.

News4 has reached out to city leaders for reaction.

During his presidential campaign, Trump made multiple threats to D.C. home rule.

In May, a Washington Post/George Mason University poll found a majority of D.C. residents were concerned about the president’s takeover threats.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...atens-federal-takeover-dc-crime/3970968/

Be careful Murica! If a conservative gets carjacked in your town or city trump may take it over too!

The AP Fact Check is consistent with generally accepted math.

AP Fact Check of Trump Drug Prices Claim

One reason America pays more for drugs than other countries is that Medicare/Medicaid is prohibited from negotionatng drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.
Dems have tried to change this but the repubes keep blocking it