Rep. Ted Lieu Claims President Trump is Taking Special Terminal Illness Drug — White House Responds

Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu is at it at again, spinning a wild tale about President Trump being sick and dying.

Today, President Trump suddenly canceled a housing bill signing ceremony until the SAVE America Act is passed.

We brought you the full scoop on that here:

In Surprise Twist, President Trump Abruptly Cancels Bill Signing In Move To Pass The SAVE America Act

But, Rep. Lieu claimed that the real reason President Trump canceled the ceremony is because he is secretly dying of a terminal illness.

Watch this:

.@RepTedLieu suggests Trump cancelled Housing bill because he got a special new drug for a terminal illness: "The White House needs to come clean...Did Donald Trump get this special drug? pic.twitter.com/ug6tlsSEwr

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 24, 2026

White House spokesman Steven Cheung was quick to shut down this wild claim.

Read his absolutely brutal response to Rep. Lieu on X here:

Ted Lewd is a dumbass. He probably spent hours laughing to himself thinking that peddling this lie would be funny. Sadly for Ted, there’s no special new drug to cure being a bitch. https://t.co/gcBuYvTVZz

— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) June 24, 2026

For some context, Rep. Lieu's ridiculous claim comes amid speculation that President Trump may have been the only person to receive a new, experimental drug for people diagnosed with a life-threatening disease.

People explained further:

The White House has refuted online speculation that Donald Trump received early access to Eli Lilly's experimental new weight loss drug, retatrutide.

On Tuesday, June 23, STAT reported that a man, who was 79 years old when the request was made in April, had been allowed access to the drug through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) “compassionate use” program. The outlet cited three sources familiar with the matter.

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The program, officially called Expanded Access, “is a potential pathway for a patient with a serious or immediately life-threatening disease or condition to gain access to an investigational medical product (drug, biologic, or medical device) for treatment outside of clinical trials when no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy options are available,” per the FDA's website.

STAT noted that its sources, who asked to remain anonymous due to fear of reprisals, said the early access had gotten the attention of top health officials, which suggested that the person receiving the drug was well-connected.

Retatrutide is a weight loss drug that “yields substantial improvements in type 2 diabetes and obesity,” according to the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.

The White House Rapid Response team refuted the wacky rumor on X:

No, it wasn't President Trump — and you people are truly sick and deranged (though the Bluesky link in your bio already gave that much away) https://t.co/0xOvZN2h15

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 23, 2026

White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai also clarified:

Because this has to be spelled out for @LizzyLaw_, who has proven herself to be an unserious gossip columnist, this application was not for the President. https://t.co/TjUOSWISmx

— Kush Desai (@KushDesai47) June 23, 2026

For the fake news who conveniently ignored Joe Biden's obvious mental and physical decline during his four years in office, yet insist that President Trump is dying before our eyes, I present this footage from yesterday's event in Pennsylvania: