Scott Adams, the creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, revealed he is battling metastatic prostate cancer and has been struggling to secure timely treatment with the newly approved drug Pluvicto. He says his healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, approved his application for the drug but delayed scheduling the IV infusion, leaving him feeling he is “declining fast”. Adams made a public plea via social media, stating he needed intervention “to save my life”.

In response, Donald Trump reposted Adams’s message and commented simply “On it”. Apart from Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — the Secretary of Health and Human Services — also engaged, asking Adams how to reach him and expressing that the president wants to help. Kaiser Permanente then issued a statement saying Adams’s care team is nevertheless working closely with him and that the drug has already been administered to over 150 patients in Northern California.

Meanwhile, Trump renewed his attack on Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, citing her Somali heritage and posting that she should “go back” to Somalia in a social-media post featuring a video of her speaking. Omar, who fled civil war in Somalia as a child, responded by rejecting the deportation-style rhetoric and asserting that she is where she belongs. Critics called Trump’s remarks racially charged, while his supporters framed them as tough political commentary.

Together, these stories highlight two distinct but telling aspects of Trump’s current role: one, his personal intervention in an individual’s health crisis, and two, his continued use of divisive immigration and identity-based rhetoric. The first raises questions about access, influence and fairness in the health-care system; the second underscores the enduring polarization around national belonging and political identity in America.