‘On it!’: Trump promises to help ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams in cancer fight

(KRON) — President Donald Trump took to social media Sunday to say he would help a right-wing Bay Area cartoonist suffering from cancer. Scott Adams, the creator of “Dilbert,” posted on X Sunday that on Monday, he would “ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life.”

“He offered to help if I needed it,” Adams continued. “I need it.”

Adams, who lives in Pleasanton, revealed earlier this year that he had been given a prostate cancer diagnosis, similar to former President Joe Biden’s.

“Some of you have already guessed, so this won’t surprise you all. But I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has,” Adams said in a podcast back in May. At the time, Adams said he had just months to live, telling his podcast audience, “I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.”

On Sunday, Adams said he was “declining fast,” and blamed his health care provider, Kaiser of Northern California, for dropping the ball with treatment. Adams explained that Kaiser had approved his application to receive a newly FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto, but had not scheduled him for treatment.

“I am declining fast,” he said. “I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer.”

“It’s not a cure, but it does give good results to many people,” he added.

President Trump tweeted that he was “On it!’ in a response a short while later. Members of Trump’s administration also chimed in.

“Scott. How do I reach you? The President wants to help,” tweeted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in response.

Adams, 67, has been an outspoken supporter of President Trump.

Adams is the creator of the once widely syndicated “Dilbert” comic strip. However, the cartoon was dropped by hundreds of newspapers after racist comments Adams made on YouTube, including calling Black Americans a “racist hate group.”

He later said his statements were taken out of context and that he was trying to be controversial.

In May, when he announced his diagnosis, he offered words of support for former President Biden.

“I’d like to extend my respect and compassion and sympathy for the ex-president and his family, because they’re going to be going through an especially touch time,” Adams said.