White House event paused as guest faints during Trump announcement

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2025.11.07 01:35
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During a White House announcement on reducing weight-loss drug costs, a pharmaceutical company representative fainted, prompting President Trump to pause the event. The incident occurred while a company executive was speaking. Medical personnel, including Mehmet Oz, attended to the individual, who was later reported to be fine. The event resumed after about an hour, with Trump addressing the interruption and assuring that the representative received medical care.

A representative of a pharmaceutical company fainted on Thursday during a White House announcement on slashing the cost of weight-loss drugs, forcing US President Donald Trump to suspend the event.\nAs one of the bosses of the two drug companies invited to announce the price deal was speaking, the man crumpled to the ground behind him.\nTrump, who was seated at the time, quickly stood up and remained behind his desk while several people attended to the man, whose identity was not made public.\nOne of those helping him was Mehmet Oz, Trump’s administrator for the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a medical doctor.\n\n“The White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is OK,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.\nThe event resumed about an hour later.\n“One of the representatives of one of the companies got a little light-headed and so they went down,” Trump said after the press was allowed back in. “He’s got doctor’s care, but he’s fine. So we had a little bit of an interruption. Sorry for that.”\n
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