“Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams said he received a call from President Donald Trump after announcing that he’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
“Somebody’s calling me from some number I don’t recognize, something in Florida and I sent it to voicemail. And a little bit later I thought, I better check that voicemail and see if that was anything I need to deal with. And the first sentence in the transcription, cause you know the phone gives you the text version of the voicemail as well. The first sentence is, ‘This is your favorite president.’ And I thought to myself, no, did I just send the most important person in the world to voicemail?” Adams told the audience of his “Real Coffee with Scott Adams” show.
The cartoonist said Trump left a message asking him to call him back, but he thought that was “ridiculous” because the president would be too busy.
“Same day, it’s the afternoon, and all of a sudden another call comes through, also from Florida, and I thought to myself, no f***ing way, there’s no way he’s calling me again, and I answer it, and it’s Trump,” he continued.
“At the end, the strangest thing happened at the end of the call when he found out, you know, the situation was kind of dire, and I was still checking out some things that might help, he said, ‘If you need anything, I’ll make it happen,&#8217;” Adams went on.
“And he meant it. He was completely aware of our, let’s say, parallel journeys from 2015, he mentioned it, and it was just the most incredible, weird, hard to understand situation, but boy, was it fun.”
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Adams recently made the announcement that he has the same cancer as former President Joe Biden.
“I’ve decided today’s the day I’m going to take the opportunity — since a lot of you are here — to make an announcement of my own. Some of you have already guessed, so it won’t surprise you at all, but I have the same cancer Joe Biden has,” he said during an episode of his show.
“So I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones. I’ve had it longer than he’s had — well longer than he’s admitted having it,” Adams added.

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Scott Adams, the creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, predicted that he will die sometime this summer after revealing a diagnosis for prostate cancer on Monday.
Adams announced his cancer diagnosis on his “Coffee with Scott Adams” show on Rumble. Adams said that he, like former President Joe Biden, has prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
“I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has. I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones,” said Adams. “My life expectancy is maybe this summer. I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.”
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&quot;I realize that for some of you, this is hitting you hard because you&#39;re hearing it for the first time.&quot;
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“Now, I realized that for some of you, this is hitting you kind of hard because you&#8217;re hearing it for the first time. Weirdly, since it&#8217;s old news to me, I&#8217;ve just sort of processed it, so it just sort of is what it is,” he added.
Adams did not spare his listeners of the effect that the cancer was having on him, describing it as “really painful – like really, really painful.” He also explained that he waited so long to inform the public of his diagnosis because “once you go public, you&#8217;re just the dying cancer guy, and I didn&#8217;t want you to have to think about it, and I didn&#8217;t want to have to think about it.”
“I am unusually mentally tough. So, while this could be much worse, you know, for some people, I suppose, I&#8217;m handling it quite well,” Adams continued. “The pain is tough – I mean really tough – but the mental part, you know, I got that under control. And I can see in the comments that some of you are having a tough time with it. But remember, nothing lasts forever. Nothing lasts forever.”
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Scott Adams gives solid words of wisdom after revealing his cancer diagnosis.
&quot;I realize that for some of you, this is hitting you hard because you&#39;re hearing it for the first time.&quot;
&quot;I have to say that everybody has to die, as far as I know. And it&#39;s kind of civilized that you… <a href="https://t.co/g5eRulqKH8">pic.twitter.com/g5eRulqKH8</a>
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Biden’s office revealed on Sunday that he has stage four prostate cancer. The statement from his office said the cancer is an “aggressive form” that has spread to his bones. The statement said Biden received the diagnosis on Friday, sparking some skepticism among doctors who said that an advanced stage of cancer should have been caught in tests much sooner for someone who was President of the United States just several months ago.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-surprised-bidens-cancer-wasnt-announced-earlier-that-test-is-standard">said</a> he was “surprised” by the diagnosis on Monday afternoon.
“I think it’s very sad, actually. I’m surprised that the public wasn’t notified a long time ago because to get to stage 9, that’s a long time,” said Trump.

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“White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo offered a separatist proposition in which she advocated for racial segregation, prompting conservatives to note that “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams was vilified and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-adams-dilbert-newspapers-cancelled-comic-strip/">reportedly lost</a> 80% of his income after making essentially the same proposition but from the opposite perspective.
Adams had <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-28/scott-adams-dilbert-cancellation-racism-remarks">reacted</a> to a Rasmussen Reports poll that asked whether people agreed with the statement “It’s OK to be white.” 26% of black respondents disagreed and 21% said they were not sure, prompting Adams to state, “If nearly half of all blacks are not OK with white people &#8230; that’s a hate group.”
“And I don’t want anything to do with them,” Adams continued. “And based on how things are going, the best advice I could give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. Just get the f*** away. Wherever you have to go, just get away. ’Cause there’s no fixing this. This can’t be fixed.”
Adams later defended himself, saying, “The trick is just to use my quote and to ignore the context which I helpfully added afterwards,” adding that his two main points were “treat all individuals as individuals, no discrimination” and “avoid anything that statistically looks like a bad idea for you personally.”
DiAngelo was speaking on a group chat when she declared that she was “a big believer in affinity space and affinity work, and I think people of color need to get away from white people and have some community with each other. And I’ll let that go and maybe see if anyone else wants to pick it up.”
Anti-woke warrior Christopher Rufo noted the incongruity, writing, “It&#8217;s amazing that, for an entire year, the libs scrambled to find their moral voice and settled on Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, who turned out to be two of the greatest midwits of our time.”
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It&#39;s amazing that, for an entire year, the libs scrambled to find their moral voice and settled on Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, who turned out to be two of the greatest midwits of our time.
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Commentator Dave Rubin chimed in, “Isn’t this what they cancelled @ScottAdamsSays for?!”
That prompted Adams to respond, “You’re not supposed to notice.”
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When a critic claimed that Adams’ comments were different from DiAngelo’s because Adams used the term “hate group,” Adams replied:
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Every adult knows &#8220;hate group&#8221; is obvious hyperbole in this case. And so do you. Taking it literally comes off as a diversion from the point, that the woke part of the world (of all colors) has a mindset that is being poisoned against White people, and White men in particular. Don&#8217;t hide from the point. It&#8217;s useful information for all.
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Every adult knows &quot;hate group&quot; is obvious hyperbole in this case. And so do you.
Taking it literally comes off as a diversion from the point, that the woke part of the world (of all colors) has a mindset that is being poisoned against White people, and White men in particular.… <a href="https://t.co/0lhUEfGzBL">https://t.co/0lhUEfGzBL</a>
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