Trump says he 'probably' should be on 'fat drug'
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump has admitted that he "probably" should be using weight-loss medications that he often calls "the fat drug."
During a long interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, January 7, President Trump shared his thoughts on whether he should take one of the popular obesity medicines.
Trump admits he probably should use weight-loss medicines
During the interview, President Trump was questioned directly about whether he had ever utilized the popular GLP-1 medicine typically prescribed for diabetes and weight management.
Regarding his personal use of the medication, Trump replied, “No, I have not. I probably should.”
This candid admission comes at a time when his physician, Sean Barbabella, recently recorded the president’s weight at 224 pounds with a height of 6’3”.
Although these metrics place him in the overweight category, Barbabella has consistently maintained that the president remains in excellent health.
Trump jokes about his weight with famous photographer
Trump cares a lot about how he looks in the media, and his comments about his weight often show how sensitive he is about his photos.
Just days before his interview, while speaking at a GOP retreat at the Kennedy Center, he pointed out Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Doug Mills.
Referencing Mills' famous work during the 2024 assassination attempt, Trump remarked, “Pulitzer Prize! Right there. Pulitzer Prize! He got one for the bullet.”
He then shifted the focus to his own appearance, telling the photographer, “These are the ones that take the pictures. Make me look thin for a change, Doug. You’re making me look a little bit heavy. I’m not happy about it.”
Trump criticizes TIME Magazine for using bad angles
President Trump earlier openly criticized famous magazines for the photos they use.
After TIME magazine put a low-angle photo of him on the cover in October, Trump went on Truth Social to complain that the picture made his hair look like it was gone.
He wrote, “The picture may be the Worst of All Time. They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”
Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They “disappeared” my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking…
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 14, 2025
A month later, during a meeting at the White House to talk about making medicine cheaper, he told everyone that Communications Director Steven Cheung was a GLP-1 user.
After asking officials Howard Lutnick and Mehmet Oz if they were "taking any of this stuff," he pointed to Cheung and said, “Where’s Steve? Head of public relations for the White House. He’s taking it.”
