Trump 2016 railed against pharma. Trump 2020, not so much

There was a time when President Trump vilified the drug industry, what with its “gouging” and “getting away with murder.” That time, it would seem, has passed.

At a recent rally in New Hampshire, Trump spent just 30 seconds of a 90-minute speech talking about drug prices, reports STAT’s Nicholas Florko. At a 2016 event in the same state, he devoted quadruple that time to the issue.

And if the attendees of the latest rally are any indication, the president’s pivot hasn’t alienated his base. In dozens of conversations with STAT, not one Trump supporter cited health care, let alone drug prices, as a top reason for supporting Trump in 2020.

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