Trump brutally calls out famous businessman for taking ‘fat shot drug’ as he reveals pricing plans
Donald Trump has stirred up a storm after publicly calling out a well-known businessman during a speech about lowering prescription drug prices. While announcing a bold new plan to slash medication costs for Americans, Trump veered off-topic to take a jab at an unnamed friend he described as rich, famous, highly successful and overweight.
Speaking from the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Trump explained that he got the idea to push for lower drug prices after a phone call with this friend, who was overseas in London. Trump described him as a “brilliant but neurotic businessman” who takes weight-loss medication, which Trump mockingly referred to as a “fat shot drug.” According to Trump, the man called him and complained that he paid just $88 for the drug in the UK but had to pay $1,300 for the same thing in New York. Trump joked in response, “It’s not working,” clearly mocking the man’s weight.
The internet quickly began speculating about who this mystery businessman might be, with Trump offering only vague but colorful clues. Despite the teasing tone, Trump used the moment to shift focus back to his goal: drastically cutting the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S.
He criticized pharmaceutical companies for charging Americans far more than people in other countries, blaming it on the way research and development costs are handled. He said it’s not fair that American patients carry the financial burden while other nations benefit from low prices. In response, Trump signed an executive order that forces drugmakers to match U.S. prices with the cheapest rates found in other developed countries, or face harsh consequences.
He also called out countries in the European Union for pressuring drug companies into accepting extremely low prices, which he claimed results in Americans overpaying to make up for it. To counter this, Trump warned that he would slap tariffs or even ban imports of non-medical products — like cars — from any country that refuses to change its pricing structure.
Trump made it clear: if foreign governments want access to the U.S. market, they’ll need to pay more for American-made drugs. He said the time of exploiting American consumers is over.
Before leaving for a four-day trip to the Middle East, Trump hinted that he might be receiving an extravagant gift a $400 million luxury Boeing 747 jet from the Qatari royal family, which, if true, would be an unprecedented gesture from a foreign government to a U.S. president.
While the policy announcement made waves, it was Trump’s brutally honest, off-script remarks about his wealthy friend and the “fat shot drug” that caught the most attention — adding yet another moment of controversy and speculation to his presidency.
