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Donald Trump stated that a new medication can bring deceased patients back to life, prompting widespread disbelief and ridicule on social media.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump ignited controversy by making a brief statement suggesting that a new drug, whose name he did not disclose, has the ability to restore life to patients who had passed away.
In a widely circulated video, Trump said, "We've taken people that were dead. We had a person given the last rites — gone, the kids are crying and everything — and started them on this drug. And the person became better. It works."
Although this remark dates back a week, it recently resurfaced and spread broadly, provoking significant astonishment. Normally, such a claim would trigger extensive media coverage as a groundbreaking medical revelation.
Reviewing the video, Trump appears to refer to the "Right to Try Act," legislation enacted during his first term that permits terminally ill patients to access experimental treatments that may be risky or insufficiently tested.
However, in his characteristic manner, Trump seems to have exaggerated a rare case of a desperate patient's sudden improvement into an extraordinary claim resembling science fiction or zombie fiction.
Social media users mocked the statement. One commented, "Maybe he was that patient he's talking about."
Another sarcastically wrote, "Orange grandpa is losing it. Dead people coming back to life? Is he sure Stephen Miller didn't bite those people in the neck and now they've risen?"
The "Right to Try Act" itself has been a subject of debate among experts. A 2024 report by the medical journal Stat noted that patients already had access to experimental therapies before the law's passage. Critics argue the law undermines patients' rights to legal recourse if exploited by unqualified doctors during vulnerable moments.
One user remarked, "What the hell is he talking about, because as usual none of it makes any sense."
On the social platform X, numerous satirical images targeting Trump circulated, including captions such as "Wow… Lazarus complex going on there," "He is a doctor. Listen to him," and "Someone told him that. And he believes it."
