Elon Musk's AI bot weighs in on identity of Trump's overweight buddy taking 'fat shot drug'

Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok’s answer to who Donald Trump’s overweight friend whom he says ‘took the fat shot drug’ likely won’t please the ‘First Buddy.’

During the announcement of an executive order aimed at reducing prescription drug prices, Trump shared a story to illustrate the difference in pricing of weight loss medications between the United States and other countries.

Without specifically naming the individual, he criticized the high cost of weight loss drugs, which he humorously called the ‘fat shot.’

Trump recounted a tale about a prominent businessman who is recognized for being highly neurotic, incredibly successful, and significantly overweight, emphasizing the disparity in drug prices.

‘And he takes the fat shot drug,’ he continued. 

The comment went viral and had many wondering who the president could be referring to. 

One decided to ask Grok, the Elon Musk created AI that lives on the social media platform that he owns, X.

‘It’s likely Trump was referring to Elon Musk, given Musk’s public use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and his global business profile,’ it said. 

The bot added: ‘The price complaint fits Musk’s international travel. However, the ‘seriously overweight’ description doesn’t fully match Musk’s recent image, and Trump’s storytelling style adds uncertainty. No other clear candidates emerge from research.’ 

Musk has not commented on the post, however he has been known to take various drugs of that ilk.

In December, he admitted to upgrading from Ozempic to a medication that has been hailed the ‘King Kong’ of weight loss drugs.

Musk, 53, admitted to taking Mounjaro, a drug that typically treats type-2 diabetes by lowering a person’s blood sugar levels, in a festive holiday post on his social media platform X.

The billionaire Tesla CEO posted a pictured of himself in a Santa Claus costume posing in front of a Christmas tree and wrote, ‘Ozempic Santa’.  

He added: ‘Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic! Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it.’

Musk had previously been taking Ozempic, another diabetes medication that has been widely used by celebrities to shred weight, but sought an alternative after ‘high doses’ of the drug caused him to ‘fart and burp like Barney from The Simpsons’.

He claims that ‘Mounjaro seems to have fewer side effects’ and appears to be ‘more effective’, The Telegraph reported.

Mounjaro was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to serve as weight management drug in November 2023 under the brand name Zepbound.

The medication was nicknamed the ‘King Kong’ of weight loss drugs because experts say it is more effective for shifting the pounds than similar drugs.

Trump continued the story about his rich friend discovering price differences between drugs in the U.S. and foreign nations.

‘And he called me up and he said… ‘I’m in London and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.’ I said, ‘It’s not working,’ the president joked.

‘He said, ‘I just paid $88 and in New York I pay $1,300.’ What the hell is going on?’

‘He said, ‘So I checked and it’s the same box, made in the same plant, by the same company. It’s the identical pill that I buy in New York.’… Now this is a great businessman, but he’s not familiar with this crazy situation that we have.’

‘But he was stunned. And it was just one of those stories,’ Trump concluded from behind the podium in the Roosevelt Room on Monday.

The president never mentioned the business colleague by name and it’s unclear from the story who he was talking about. 

Trump has several former friends who have lost large amounts of weight.

They include former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who lost 90 pounds in six months.

Additionally, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has lost a significant amount in recent years.

Trump placed the blame for high U.S. costs directly on foreign nations.

He claimed drug companies were forced to lower costs for those countries and allowed to keep them higher for Americans.

He said that the U.S. would no longer be ‘suckers’ for the rest of the world.

And he also slammed Democrats for ‘protecting pharma.’

Trump said during an announcement from the White House that his order would target the highly popular GLP-1 fat loss, which he called the ‘fat shot drug.’

‘The weight loss drug Ozempic costs ten times more in the United States than the rest of the developed world. Ten times more. Why? What did we do? Suckers,’ Trump said.

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