Trump's touting of an unproven autism drug surprised many, including the doctor who proposed it

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as from left, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Dorothy Fink, acting assistant secretary for health, and Jackie O'Brien, listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump's administration announced it would repurpose an old, generic drug as a new treatment for autism, it came as a surprise to many experts — including the physician who suggested the id