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RFK Jr.’s secret backroom deals

The Trump administration has proven time and time again that they are nothing but a bunch of grifters.

Trump talks a big game about taking on Big Pharma and lowering drug costs. Instead, he and RFK Jr. have been making backroom deals with Big Pharma CEOs, claiming they're lowering drug costs. But here's the catch: those deals are completely secret. Nobody has seen them, and the administration has shown no proof that those deals are bringing down drug costs.

Trump's approach on drug pricing is basically: trust me and Big Pharma.

No chance.

Earlier this year, I pressed RFK Jr. at a Senate committee hearing to release the deals. He told me, point blank, no. Take RFK Jr., he is running backroom deals with pharmaceutical companies with nothing to show for it. No transparency. No accountability.

Meanwhile, some of those same pharmaceutical companies are getting big exemptions from Trump's tariffs and other goodies. These backroom deals aren't benefiting the American people; it's another bait-and-switch grift of this administration.

We must continue to mount pressure on this administration and hold every grifter accountable. Complacency only allows this lunacy to continue, and I'm going to keep at it with everything I've got.

Onward,

Ron

Posted on July 28, 2026.

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