The executive order directs Trump's administration to take actions against "discriminatory" policies in foreign countries that suppress drug prices.

More than 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has fallen into a pattern. Trump releases an executive order with an expansive title accompanied by even more expansive claims from the president and senior officials about the effects of the directive.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable or discriminatory” practices by foreign countries that result in Americans paying far higher costs for prescription drugs.