The president signed an executive order that gives Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 30 days to lower drug prices.

European governments are examining whether U.S. President Donald Trump can force them to pay more for prescription medicines, after he issued an executive order to lower U.S. drug prices, roiling the global pharmaceutical industry.

President Donald Trump's effort to reduce prices of prescription drugs amounts to price control since it’s not limited to just government programs, according to one expert.

President Trump will hold a press conference Monday morning with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce an executive order to cap prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices at the lowest cost offered in any other country.

The order is based on a "most favored nation" pricing model, which is similar to a policy Trump pushed in his first administration.

The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal is criticizing President Trump over an executive order expanding drug price controls. “For that trade we could have elected Democrats,”