""I'm sure that was scary. But thankfully, the room was full of exactly who you want in a medical emergency: pharmaceutical executives, Colbert cracked, adding: Quick! Quick! Someone maximize shareholder value! Colbert also noted how fast people in the room reacted to the emergency. And again, he's OK. Honestly, it was good to see everybody rushed to help him, he said.""
""Well, almost everybody, he added. Because this photo's been going around. Take a look at this photo, this viral photo from after the fainting. Look at that. The Getty image showed aides and other executives rushing down to the floor to help Findlay. The President is standing separately, looking on, hands loosely at his sides, not moving toward the commotion. That picture is worth a thousand words, Colbert concluded, before he quipped: None of which I can say on CBS.""
During an Oval Office event announcing agreements with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower prices of some GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, Novo Nordisk executive Gordon Findlay collapsed. A Getty image captured aides and other pharmaceutical executives rushing to the floor to assist Findlay while President Donald Trump stood separately with his hands at his sides, not moving toward the commotion. Television comedian Stephen Colbert aired the clip, noted the rapid response from pharmaceutical representatives, and joked about maximizing shareholder value. Colbert highlighted the viral photo as striking evidence of the scene's optics and confirmed that Findlay was OK.
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