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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

‘On it!’ Trump vows to help cancer-stricken Dilbert creator after public plea to ‘save my life’

The creator of the popular corporate dystopia comic strip Dilbert made a public plea to Donald Trump for help in accessing an experimental cancer treatment — and on Sunday, the U.S. president said he’d help him out.

Scott Adams, a longtime Trump supporter and far-right activist on social media, revealed his diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer earlier this year. In social media postings, the comic strip artist said that his disease had progressed to the point where it had become severely debilitating. In July, he announced to followers that he was battling suicidal ideations.

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