A senior U.S. envoy used a discussion about a weight-loss drug during a boozy dinner to help advance a diplomatic effort with a self-proclaimed dictator.
The encounter took place during negotiations with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, whom the U.S. envoy, John P. Coale, described meeting while pressing for sanctions relief and other concessions.
Coale, a veteran litigator who has represented President Donald Trump in lawsuits against social media companies, said Lukashenko asked him whether he had lost weight during the talks, according to The Wall Street Journal. Coale replied that he had, crediting his use of Zepbound, an injectable drug approved for obesity, and handed the leader a brochure from the manufacturer, Eli Lilly.
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