A report of STAT News The fact that a 79-year-old man had unprecedented access to a weight-loss drug under the compassionate use provision, which is primarily used for the terminally ill, sparked a storm of speculation that it was Donald Trump who was ill and received the drug.
The White House, after refusing to answer several questions from reporters, denied that the person to whom this treatment had been administered was Trump. But after the president abruptly canceled a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, questions are now being raised by members of Congress about Trump’s health.
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During a press conference, Representative Ted Lieu said:
Inflation is rising. Food prices are rising. Utility costs are rising. Housing prices are rising. We have a bipartisan housing bill that Congress and the Senate have passed. There was supposed to be a big signing ceremony today at the Capitol, and all of a sudden, Donald Trump decides he’s not coming to sign the bill.
Well, why? Did he wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Is he unable to stay awake today? What’s causing him to chicken out again? Is it Taco Wednesday, or are these drug side effects? We don’t know.
Rep. Lieu didn’t make any noise and made it clear what he was referring to, and suggested that Trump might be terminally ill.