By President Trump said he will help “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, who pleaded with the president to intervene in his cancer treatment.
“On it!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
The president included screenshots of the public plea from Adams, the cartoonist who announced earlier this year that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones.
“On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life,” Adams wrote on the social media platform. “He offered to help me if I needed it. I need it.”
Adams said he was approved to receive a new Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug, Pluvicto, but his healthcare provider, Kaiser of Northern California, has “dropped the ball in scheduling the brief IV to administer it and I can’t seem to fix that.”
“I am declining fast,” Adams said. “I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer.”
“It is not a cure, but it does give good results to many people,” he added.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy responded to Adams’s request directly, looking to connect him to the president.
“Scott. How do I reach you? The President wants to help,” Kennedy wrote.
Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that the next steps in Adams’s treatment are already underway.
“Mr. Adams’ oncology team is working closely with him on the next steps in his cancer care, which are already underway,” the statement read.
“Since it was approved by the FDA three years ago, Kaiser Permanente’s nuclear medicine and medical oncology experts have treated more than 150 patients with Lu-177 PSMA (Pluvicto) in Northern California alone. We know this drug and this disease,” the statement continued.
Adams, 67, has made headlines for some past controversial statements, which he said were taken out of context. He has also been a stronger supporter of Trump’s.
Adams revealed his diagnosis shortly after Biden was diagnosed with the same metastatic cancer. Adams, at the time, expressed sympathy for the former president.
“I’d like to extend my respect and compassion and sympathy for the ex-president and his family, because they’re going to be going through an especially tough time,” he said.