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President Donald Trump made a striking claim during a recent White House press event, telling those gathered that an unnamed new drug has the ability to bring patients back from death’s door.

“We know the drug works,” Trump, 79, said during the press conference at the White House on Monday, May 11, per a clip shared on X. “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.”

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

He watched Pulp Fiction. That's it.

That's the whole story.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 9 points 16 hours ago

next he is gonna say they had chatgpt discover it.

seriously though he is probably using a very loose definition of death like "heart stopped 1ms ago" under which umbrella we already have shots like adrenaline.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

He's going to do a Jesus?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 21 hours ago

he means the ones hes taking now, cocaine and adderall.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

You now what I don't believe you Krasnov. Prove it yourself.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We are so blessed to be living in a time where the president of the United States says these things. Lmfo. :)

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

Our president is a snake oil salesman. Not even a new thing for him either. This is definitely part of some money making scheme just like his quinine bullshit.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The remarks appeared to be connected to the Right to Try Act, legislation Trump signed during his first administration that allows terminally ill patients to pursue experimental treatments not yet fully approved.

There ya go, just another scam in the end

[–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

There ya go, just another scam in the end

All in all it's just another scam in the end

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please let this be the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

This started at least 10 years ago when they voted in Trump the first time.

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

someone has asked chatgpt "can this drug bring people back to life?" 😂

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How? How the fuck can anyone listen to this cunt and think "yep, this is the guy who should be president!"
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

He made them proud to be racist again. For that they'll follow him all the way to hell.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

After all that has happened I would only be slightly surprised if the Trump regime starts a zombie apocalypse.

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

At least i wouldn't have to go back to work.
👉🤓👉

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

He should try one that does the opposite.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The possible of death are many.

A single drug could never avert all possible causes.

He and his followers believe in magic.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

After several minutes it's meaningless to restart a heart anyway, as irreversible brain damage will occur. We already can restart a recently stopped heart by injecting them with epinephrine (adrenaline.)

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Average MAGA Magic enthusiast.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago

Damn this is funny

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 21 hours ago

they also love the wrath of god card its a white card that destroy all creatures and prevent regeneration.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

They don't believe in magic. They want YOU to believe in magic.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

This is how scientists feel in public since 2025...

Indeed they do. Their entire world view is based on magical thinking. Its not unique to trump sycophants either. Being raised in a religion trains the brain to believe in magic. It's all so silly.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is 100% because scientists from Cuba (and Argentina) have just revealed a potential cure for some kinds of lung cancer

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago

Didn’t he say this a few weeks ago? Presumably opening the UFO files didn’t distract from the Epstein files enough, so he’s switching from aliens to zombies

[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t know if any of this stupid discussion is real, but if it is, then we also have time travel, because the post mentions that the zombie drug was announced on May 11.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah I didn't catch the date, I just assumed it was a recent reaction to something, and that stuck out as the obvious recent development to me

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Right to Try Act

I’m going off rip here because I haven’t educated myself on it, but this seems suspiciously like the Citizen’s United of human testing at first glance and because Trump is promoting it.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The turnip saw someone wake up from anesthesia...

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or someone get hit with narcan during an OD.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

See see! Back from the dead, he was the best dead, and now he's the best alive.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So Trump flatlined and they brought him back? Big mistake if so.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No we can tell it wasn't him in the example because he said people were crying about their loved ones death.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

TEARS IN THEIR EYES, THEY SAID WELCOME BACK SIR!

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 21 hours ago

hes kept alive by nose powder. Lich and the elderly congress people have thier phylacteries.

[–] glasratz@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too late, he's already decomposing.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 21 hours ago

not if he is pumped full of preservatives from eating mcodonalds.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 6 points 1 day ago

I can’t do this timeline.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you think he was talking about with his doctor that made them bring up a drug that brings people back from the dead?

The president went on to address how such medications get tested, adding, “And some [drugs] don’t work. You learn very fast. It’s called the ultimate test, I think, right? They test all these things. They use animals all over the place, they use everything to test because a person’s going to die.”

[–] Starik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Might have been some crank lobbying Trump to allow the sale of a particular snake oil.

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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

yeah you know what with the way things have been going at this point it honestly wouldn't surprise me if the Umbrella Corporation actually existed an the T-Virus was a real thing. I'm just waiting for them to announce a couple dudes named Spencer and Wesker being named to some position in the administration.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

It's a trap! It gives dead people autism.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Please take me back to the real world. I don’t like this fever dream anymore

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Not the flex he thinks it is

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