Bernie Sanders calls on President Trump to support legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs [Video]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is speaking out after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday calling for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the United States.Earlier in the day, Trump set a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits over what the government will pay.“We’re going to equalize,” Trump said during a Monday morning press conference. “We’re all going to pay the same. We’re going to pay what Europe pays.”Sanders said he agreed with Trump that Americans pay too much for prescription drugs, with people in Europe and Canada paying much less for those same prescriptions.However, Sanders said the issue is not that people in other countries pay too little for drugs, but that the pharmaceutical industry is “ripping off” Americans and making billions in profit off of those in need.Sanders went on to say …