Rumors about Tr*mp’s experimental drug trial could reveal a deadly truth

After a leak about an Eli Lilly experimental drug trial this week, the seemingly endless conspiracy theories around D*n*ld Tr*mp’s health have begun to make more sense.

Stat initially reported the item, noting that a 79-year-old man has been given the new obesity drug retatrutide classified for “compassionate use.” After that, the rumor caught on like wildfire: Tr*mp, freshly 80, would have been 79 when the trial started. He’s also famously withholding about his health, as last month’s confusion around his annual exam results show.

There’s also the detail that only one patient was able to recieve the drug, and as the most privileged 80-year-old in the country, it would make sense that Tr*mp was the mystery patient the intel pointed to.

Conspiracy theorists got even more excited when they started digging into the “compassionate use” part. The FDA program helps patients with “serious and immediately life-threatening medical issues” get access to treatments that are still in the testing phase.

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If the mystery patient is Tr*mp, it’s pretty huge news. But so far, we don’t have concrete evidence pointing directly to that, except for the implications about access.

As usual, the lack of evidence didn’t stop internet sleuths from running with the story and getting quite jazzed about its implications.

“He’s not gonna make it to midterms, that’s my take,” said queer TikToker Kochead. “We all know he’s been living on borrowed time, but now we know who he’s been borrowing that time from.”

Another user, a physical therapist who specializes in geriatric medicine, gave more insight. Again, we don’t know if Tr*mp is taking the drug, and we also know that there are plenty of 79-year-old men with just as much power (and much more money) than him who could be the true recipients. But the fact that Tr*mp has a few documented conditions that could be helped by weight loss via the experimental trial—including sleep apnea, pulmonary hypertension, and congestive heart failure—is definitely intriguing.

Another interesting detail is that Tr*mp did recieve a COVID-19 medication in 2020 through the same FDA program.

The White House has already denied that Tr*mp is the man in question, which in a normal timeline would put an end to the speculation. But because Tr*mp’s White House loves to play fast and loose with the facts, it’s not quite enough to squash the rumor.

This entire year, Tr*mp has been plagued by health rumors, unflattering photos, and videos that show him either slurring his speech, falling asleep in meetings, or failing to walk in a straight line, leading to ever more pressing questions about what’s actually going on with the president’s health.

Last month, the alleged “dementia face” photo and a six-day absence from public life sparked even bigger concerns. Before that, there was Tr*mp’s mysterious “emergency dental visit” that had Nancy Mace calling for urgent prayers for the president on X.

For Tr*mp, health is a sign of strength, and he’s been committed to bluffing his way through several apparent health crises this year. But the fact that people are taking this blind item and running with it is a problem for the increasingly doddering figure. As more members of his party go mysteriously missing due to undisclosed health concerns—including the still AWOL Mitch McConnell and ghost congressman Thomas Kean Jr.—the Republican party is beginning to look like a literal skeleton crew.

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