Overview
- White House officials paused the briefing as the medical team responded, then said the attendee was dizzy and stable before resuming the event.
- The collapse occurred while Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks was speaking at a White House event on lowering prices for popular weight-loss medications.
- Fox initially identified the person as Novo Nordisk executive Gordon Findlay, but the company later said he was not at the meeting and the individual’s identity remains unconfirmed by the White House.
- The press was temporarily escorted out of the Oval Office, and Mehmet Oz, who oversees Medicaid, was among those who assisted the attendee.
- Media coverage also focused on reactions in the room, with criticism of President Trump’s demeanor and a White House explanation that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. left to get help.