An eight-year-old boy whose mother helped push legislation giving terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments got some special attention from President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE as he signed the "right-to-try" measure into law on Wednesday.

As Trump delivered remarks at the bill's signing ceremony, he reached over and grabbed Jordan McLinn's hand.

"If I looked like that I would have been president 10 years earlier," Trump said. "If I had that face — if I had that head of hair I would have been president so long ago. That’s great."

.@POTUS giving a little love to Indianapolis boy Jordan McLinn as mom @LauraMclinn watches on #RightToTry pic.twitter.com/URY2GtuIgm — Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) May 30, 2018

ADVERTISEMENT

McLinn also received one of the pens that Trump used to sign the "right-to-try" legislation, which was passed by the Senate earlier this month before being sent to the president for final approval.

McLinn, an Indiana native, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease that weakens the muscles. His mother, Laura, lobbied Indiana lawmakers to advance a "right-to-try" measure in the state.

That measure was signed in 2015 by then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Pence adviser knocks ex-staffer who criticized Trump on COVID-19 MORE, who is now Trump's vice president.

Because the Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency, federal legislation was required to allow terminally ill patients to try experimental medications.