Off The Record
Donald Trump Cut Speech Short Amid Medical Emergency
A medical issue during a White House press conference led President Donald Trump to shorten his speech.
Trump was then swearing in Dr. Mehmet Oz, a television personality who would be the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator under Trump.
According to the Irish Star, a girl passed out during the ceremony, so Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ended the conference and ordered the reporters to leave the room.
Leavitt could be heard saying, “Press out.”
Realizing something serious was going on, President Trump cut his speech and left the podium in order to assist. “I hope she’s OK,” he was heard saying.
Dr. Oz was spotted running off-camera to offer assistance.
Video showed the young girl being hastily accompanied out of the room.
The White House later confirmed that a “minor family member” fainted during the ceremony, adding they were now fine. The statement read, “A minor family member fainted during Dr Oz’s swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office. We are happy to say she is OK.”
When Trump introduced Dr. Oz, he said he has “come to this position as one of the nation’s most talented and beloved medical professionals.”
The president went on to read Dr. Oz’s credentials, noting that he was a Harvard University graduate. He graduated from Penn’s Wharton School with a Master of Business Administration and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine.
Following that, Dr. Oz served as the director of the Cardiovascular Institute and integrative medicine department at New York Presbyterian Hospital, as well as a cardiac surgeon and professor at Columbia University.
In 2009, he launched The Dr. Oz Show, a discussion show about health and wellness. The show ended in 2022.
During the years his show aired, some of the controversial medical advice Dr. Oz gave the audience drew criticism.
Among the others, the Federal Trade Commission denounced his claim that green coffee extract is a “magic weight loss cure.”
Earlier this month, the Senate voted 53-45 to affirm Dr. Oz’s appointment to CMS.
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