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This Is The Photo That Some Believe Is The Defining Image Of Donald Trump’s Presidency

A photo showing the president looking the other way during a medical emergency at the White House drew attention Thursday.

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It was an eventful morning in the Oval Office on Thursday morning.

The president was hosting an event to announce a deal with drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower the cost of GLP-1 drugs for those on Medicare and some other Americans.

But then, during the event at the White House, a man attending the ceremony fainted. That man was first identified in multiple media reports as a certain Novo Nordisk executive, but ABC News later quoted a representative of the company as stating that the man was not one of their executives.

“CEO Mike Doustdar and EVP, US Operations, Dave Moore were the only two Novo Nordisk representatives in the Oval Office. We hope the gentleman who suffered a medical incident today is okay,” the statement from the drug company said. Another report described the man who fainted as a patient who uses one of the GLP-1 drugs. 

Much notice was paid to how the people in the room behaved. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Medicare administrator who is a medical doctor, rushed to aid the man, while HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was seen heading in the opposite direction.

The president, meanwhile, stood over the man as doctors attended to him.

“Trump slowly got up from where he was seated at his desk and looked on as others laid the man out on the ground. He continued to stand nearby watching quietly,” The Daily Beast reported.

Moments later, the president was photographed, standing up, and facing the camera, as the medical incident was dealt with behind him. Snapped by a Getty photographer, it’s been called “the defining photograph” of Trump’s presidency.

Other posted reactions to the photo:

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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