“He’s looking rather svelte. And that caught the eye, as you can imagine, of many on social media and elsewhere. And there has been a lot of chatter about whether he is on the big ‘O.’
“And by that, I mean, Ozempic, to the point where The New York Times, my employer, actually ended up writing to the campaign to formally ask them if he was on Ozempic.
“And the reason I find this interesting is because Trump is larger than life. That is his brand. He’s a big guy, and this [Ozempic] shrinks you. And, so it might be that he wants to be healthier. It might be that he wants to be more attractive on camera for the campaign.
“But it also might be that it could hurt him in the end because he just doesn’t seem as imposing, perhaps, if he does go on the Ozempic journey, which many of us have.” – Lulu Garcia-Navarro, in a CNN panel discussion today.
Slate yesterday pondered the same question.
Even Trump is on Ozempic?https://t.co/uSjIUNyaGG
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) April 5, 2024