President Trump Discusses “Fat Shots”

On Monday afternoon, President Trump, during his announcement of cutting prescription drug costs, discussed “fat shots.”

Trump, in his announcement on Monday, shared details regarding his administration’s new plan to lower drug costs, but during his announcement, he gave a side story regarding one of his friends taking a weight-loss shot.

President Trump shared, “A friend of mine who’s a businessman — very, very, very top guy, most of you would have heard of him — a highly neurotic, brilliant businessman, seriously overweight, and he takes the fat shot,”

Trump added, ““And he called me up … he’s a rough guy, smart guy, very successful, very rich … ‘Mr. President, could I ask you a question? I’m in London, and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.”

“I said, ‘It’s not working,’” added Trump.

Watch the moment he said it here:

Trump: "A friend of mine who is a businessman. Very very very top guy. Most of you would've heard of him. Highly neurotic. Brilliant businessman. Seriously overweight. And he takes the fat shot drug." pic.twitter.com/pFFyXT6pHF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2025

Check out what the New York Post reported:

President Trump said Monday that a “neurotic” and rich friend got their “fat shot” at a discount while traveling abroad — and that the episode prompted a drug company executive to admit to the president they were overcharging Americans.

Trump shared the anecdote as he signed an order Monday intended to drastically reduce the price Americans pay for pharmaceutical products — without naming the friend he was talking about.

“A friend of mine who’s a businessman — very, very, very top guy, most of you would have heard of him — a highly neurotic, brilliant businessman, seriously overweight, and he takes the fat shot,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“And he called me up … he’s a rough guy, smart guy, very successful, very rich … ‘Mr. President, could I ask you a question? I’m in London, and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.’

“I said, ‘It’s not working,’” Trump 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. And here I’m paying $88 in London, and New York, I’m paying $1,300.’

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Trump on Ozempic: “A friend of mine who is a businessman… Most of you would've heard of him. Highly neurotic. Brilliant businessman. Seriously overweight. And he takes the fat shot drug… I said it’s not working.”

No freaking way. 😭pic.twitter.com/d06YoLShNH

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 12, 2025

Per The Independent:

President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration’s new plan to impose price controls on prescription medications was inspired by hearing from a friend about the low cost of weight loss medication in the United Kingdom compared to what the same person paid for the same medication in America.

Trump used the bizarre anecdote as he was explaining the genesis of the executive order he signed just before leaving the White House for a trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It purports to impose what he described as a “most-favored nation “ policy on pharmaceutical prices by insisting that manufacturers charge Americans the same price as the lowest-paying developed countries, all of which have single-payer health systems that can use their market power to negotiate prices directly with drug makers.

He told reporters of taking a call from a “friend” in London, who he described as a “highly neurotic, brilliant businessman” and “seriously overweight,” about the cost of what Trump called “the fat shot drug.”

“I’m in London, and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take. I said, it’s not working. They said, he said, I just paid $88 and in New York I paid $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, and here I’m paying $88 in London, in New York, I’m paying $1,300,” Trump recounted to the assembled journalists in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

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