France, Feb. 8 -- "Emmanuel, you've been taking advantage of the United States for the last 30 years," Trump said at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, referring to a discussion with Macron in which he allegedly convinced him to raise the price of medications in France.
Trump had made a similar claim a few weeks earlier during an address in which he imitated Macron allegedly agreeing to triple the price of drugs in France after Trump threatened tariffs.
The French presidency rejected the claim, posting an image of Trump and the words "fake news" on social media, saying that drug prices in France are negotiated and regulated by the public health system, not set by presidential decree.
"Anyone who has set foot in a French pharma...