Diogenes
Nemo me impune lacessit
Based on the information available, there’s no evidence to suggest that the 13-year-old boy, Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel, who was made an honorary Secret Service agent by President Trump during his address to Congress on March 4, 2025, was cured by doctors or scientists that Trump later fired.
Here’s what we know:
DJ Daniel was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018 and given a prognosis of five months to live. Remarkably, he has survived for over six years since then, far exceeding medical expectations.
During Trump’s speech, he highlighted DJ’s resilience and honored him by making him an honorary Secret Service agent, a gesture tied to the boy’s dream of becoming a police officer.
However, the available reports do not specify that DJ was "cured" of his cancer. Instead, they emphasize his ongoing battle and survival, with some mentioning recent developments like the discovery of three new brain tumors in early 2025. This suggests he is still living with the disease rather than having been cured.
As for the doctors and scientists Trump allegedly fired, there are references to significant layoffs in early 2025, such as the dismissal of around 1,200 employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and cuts to training programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported on February 18, 2025.
These actions affected federal scientists and public health professionals, but there’s no direct link in the sources between these individuals and DJ’s treatment or survival.
DJ’s care would likely have been handled by medical professionals in Texas, possibly at a facility like MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (given his residence and the prominence of that institution), rather than by federal researchers at NIH or CDC.
The timing also doesn’t align perfectly—DJ’s survival stretches back to 2018, while the firings occurred in 2025, long after his initial diagnosis and treatment began.
Without specific evidence tying DJ’s medical team to the fired federal employees, it’s not possible to conclude that he was cured by them. The narrative around DJ focuses on his personal determination and community support, not a specific medical breakthrough attributed to any group of doctors or scientists, fired or otherwise.
@Grok
