Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On

Photo: CBP International Travel Preclearance Operations in Canada – April 30, 2015. Photo credit: Donna Burton / US CBP via Flickr. US government work. Article by Malcolm Ferguson. The New Republic – November 7, 2025.

President Trump is rejecting visas for fat people. The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with fat people. A Thursday directive from the State Department, sent to embassies and consulates around the world, indicates that people applying for visas to the United States may be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, on the grounds that they could take up domestic health care resources. […]

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