If you're a conventional presidential candidate, it'd be pretty embarrassing if somebody proved that the prescription drug savings you're promising are wildly unrealistic. So unrealistic, in fact, that the total amount you're telling people they will save is larger than the overall prescription drug market.  

But then again, Donald Trump is far from a conventional presidential candidate, so it'd be unwise to predict that his latest whopper will doom his quixotic journey to the GOP nomination.  

The billionaire has repeatedly claimed that he would save Medicare $300 billion on prescription drugs by negotiating prices with pharmaceutical companies.  

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