Lost in the attention given to President Trump's announcement on Tuesday that the administration would be making weight-loss drugs like Ozempic more affordable was, well, this:
As reported by the New York Post:
The scary moment, which was caught on camera, came as the White House was rolling out an obesity-drug announcement before the attendee appeared in distress and the video feeds were cut.
'Are you OK? Gordon, you OK?' asked Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks as the man began to fall over.
Cameras and reporters were rushed out of the room while Dr. Oz and others attended to the fallen man.
Though his identity was not confirmed, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that he was "OK" and had merely fainted. The president also provided an update:
The press conference was momentarily delayed, but when it restarted again, Trump said the attendee got a 'little bit lightheaded.'
'You saw he went down, and he's fine. We just sent him out and he's got doctor's care, but he's fine,' he said. 'So we had a little bit of an interruption.'
The incident did provide the world with yet another magnificently entertaining image of President Trump, one cherry-picked by the media, of course, to make it seem like he doesn't care about anyone:
(One second before this photo, Trump could be seen looking toward the fallen exec to make sure he was getting help.)
Dude was lucky, honestly.
What better place to have a health episode than a room full of pharmaceutical executives and medical experts?
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