The man who got slapped down by the Supreme Court for illegal tariffs two months ago just put a 100% tariff on patented prescription drugs. One hundred percent. As in, your medication now costs double at the border before it even hits a pharmacy shelf. This isn’t some abstract trade war number — this is insulin, cancer treatment, the stuff people literally die without. But sure, let’s “bolster national security” by making it financially ruinous to stay alive.
The kicker is the carve-out. If you’re a massive pharma company willing to cut a deal with the administration — “Most Favored Nation pricing” plus an onshoring agreement — you get 0%. So the biggest corporations get a handshake and a waiver while regular people absorb the cost. It’s not a tariff policy, it’s a loyalty program for billion-dollar companies that can afford lobbyists. Everyone else gets to choose between rent and refills. The Supreme Court already told him this game was illegal. He just changed the jersey and ran the same play.