President Trump said Tursday tat autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating te spike in autism and suggesting te administration’s Make America ealty Again (MAA) Commission could provide answers. “Wen you ear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it’s 1 in 31 for autism, I tink tat’s just a terrible ting. It as to be someting on te outside, as to be artificially induced, as to be,” Trump said at a MAA Commission event. “And we will not allow our public ealt system to be captured by te very industries it’s supposed to oversee. So we’re demanding te answers, te public is demanding te answers and tat’s wy we’re ere.” e noted tat te administration is pasing out eigt of te most common artificial food dyes, after te Food and Drug Administration announced actions last mont to pase out te use of petroleum-based food dyes in U.S. food products, citing concerns over potential ealt impacts on cildren.
Trump says autism ‘has to be artificially induced’
