Trump Says ‘The So-Called Fat Drug’ Costs Too Much: ‘It’s Very Unfair’

President Donald Trump lamented the cost of a diabetes medication that some Americans are taking for weight loss, or as the president referred to it, “the so-called fat drug.”

Ozempic, a drug for those with type 2 diabetes, has become increasingly popular among people looking to lose weight even though the drug has not been approved for that purpose. However, its active ingredient, semaglutide, has been.

Trump sat down for an interview with Bret Baier of Fox News ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl. Though parts were aired before the game, most of their conversation was aired on Monday’s Special Report. During the interview, Baier asked about the potential impact of tariffs, which Trump has long touted as a solution for mitigating trade deficits.

“And you’re not worried that any of that’s gonna go back to the consumer?” Baier asked, alluding to the fact that importers pay tariffs and sometimes pass on the costs to consumers in the form of higher prices.

“It might, but it’s ultimately gonna be much less expensive,” Trump claimed before pivoting to Ozempic and another diabetes medication called Mounjaro:

I’ll give you an example. The so-called fat drug or fat shot, whatever it’s called, Ozempic or Mounjaro. In London, you get it for $88. In New York, you get it for $1,200. You can’t even buy it. It’s very unfair. The identical package made in the same factory, shipped to different places, but made literally in the same factory – in London it’s $88, and in New York it’s $1,200. And you can’t get it. And the reason is because everything’s added onto the United States because the United States has been too nice. You know, I had transparency done, and Biden canceled it. Transparency would have solved that problem. But I’m gonna solve it one way or the another.

Trump then suggested governors buy drugs in bulk from Canada to make them more cheaply available in the U.S.

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