The 32 most bizarre lines from Donald Trump's 'fertility' announcement 🥚
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
I left legacy media to build something different: independent, honest political analysis that isn’t owned by corporations or parties.
I call balls and strikes—no matter who’s at bat—because what’s missing right now are referees, not cheerleaders ⚾.
If you want clear, concise takes that cut through the noise (without the cable-news theatrics), this is the newsletter for you 🎯.
Subscribe if you believe politics is better when someone just tells you what actually matters rather than just what you want to hear 🧠.
President Donald Trump held an event in the Oval Office Monday morning to announce a series of moves by his administration to broaden access to fertility drugs and treatments.
It was a doozy.
I went through all of Trump’s remarks line by line — and picked out the quotes from Trump you need to see. They’re below.
I am the only reporter going through Trump’s words forensically every day/week/month. If you value that sort of close examination of what Trump says — as well as fact-checking, context and some humor — I hope you become a paid subscriber today! (I explained why I think this approach is SO critically important here.)
To the Lines!
“There's a lot of important things happening in our country right now, but we're doing very well.”
The average price for a gallon of gas in the United States today is $4.52. So….away we go!
“I must say I shouldn't admit this, but the first time I really heard about the fertility was through Katie. She said, ‘Sir, we have to do something,’ and I'm a quick study, so I learned everything there is to learn in about three, four minutes.”
This is such a rich text. First, he NEVER heard of the issues of IVF and infertility before Alabama Sen. Katie Britt told him about them? Second, “sir” alert! Third, he is “joking” about being a quick study. Riiiiiiight.
“I became the father of fertility.”
Yes, he really said that.
“I'll tell you. I had to challenge them with tariffs. ‘You don't want to give us what you want? I'm putting tariffs on your nation.’ ‘Sir, we'll give it to you immediately.’”
“But we're getting drug prices -- prescription drug prices down by 4 or 500 percent, or, depending on the way you want to phrase the question, you could say 4, 5, 600 percent.”
How would one reduce the cost of a drug (or anything) by more than 100%? Would the product give YOU money for buying it?
