Trump Falsely Claims Right to Try Law Saved 'Thousands of Lives' Without Evidence

President Trump repeated his long-standing false claim that the federal Right to Try law he signed in 2018 has 'saved thousands of lives.' FactCheck.org reported that the White House provided no evidence to support this claim. Government data shows only 16 medications have been approved under the program in its first six years, with no accounting of how many patients used them or their outcomes. As of June 2019, only two patients had received access through the federal pathway. Multiple fact-checkers confirmed Trump has made this unsupported claim repeatedly for years, significantly exaggerating the law's impact while offering false hope to terminally ill patients. The specific venue or platform for this June 18, 2026 statement was not documented in the source material.

"saved thousands of lives" — Trump's claim about the Right to Try law's impact, contradicted by government data showing only 16 approved medications and 2 patients receiving access through the federal pathway as of June 2019