US EditionTrump taps Casey Means, wellness influencer close to RFK Jr., for US surgeon general after pulling initial pick
- On May 7, 2025, President Donald Trump nominated wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means for U.S. Surgeon general, replacing Janette Nesheiwat who withdrew before her confirmation hearing.
- Trump withdrew Nesheiwat following complaints from far-right ally Laura Loomer over Nesheiwat's COVID-19 vaccine advocacy, making this at least the second Trump health pick pulled this year.
- Means, a former Stanford-trained surgeon turned metabolic health advocate, has close ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And aligns with his 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda.
- Trump praised Means for her outstanding "MAHA" qualifications and committed that she aims to eliminate long-term illnesses while enhancing the overall health and well-being of the American people.
- If confirmed, Means might promote the MAHA agenda despite concerns about her lack of government experience and Kennedy's controversial vaccine-related history.
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'This Is Arguably Witchcraft': Trump Pulls Surgeon General Pick After Right-Wing Influencer Laura Loomer Complains, But New Candidate Casey Means Faces Even More MAGA Backlash
Far-right MAGA influencer Laura Loomer has amassed a pretty impressive collection of heads on her platter, having taken credit for the dismissal of the head of the National Security Agency and, just this week, the president’s nominee for surgeon general. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination to be the nation’s top doc was withdrawn Wednesday on the eve of her Senate confirmation hearing. The reason? She was too pro-vaccine, explained Loomer. Laura…
Time Magazine
DNyuzInside the Health Views of Casey Means, Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee
Not long before the 2024 election, Dr. Casey Means wrote a letter to her Good Energy newsletter subscribers with a health-related wishlist for the next Administration. In it were priorities that echo those of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services: investigating toxins in the food supply, incentivizing healthy food purchases with food stamps, replacing factory farming with regenerative farming. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”t…
MAHA split widens after Trump taps RFK Jr. ally Casey Means for surgeon general
President Donald Trump’s move to nominate Dr. Casey Means as surgeon general is dividing the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, fomenting turmoil in the community that helped propel him to a second term. On Wednesday, the president withdrew Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as his pick for surgeon general. The withdrawal came after she was criticized by conservative activist Laura Loomer over concerns regarding her credentials. Means was tapped to fill…
Why Trump’s surgeon general pick could survive a Loomer onslaught
The NewsAfter successfully lobbying President Donald Trump to push out national security aides, right-wing agitator Laura Loomer may have picked a fight she can’t win: against Casey Means, the president’s newest pick for US surgeon general.Loomer sparked a social media firestorm on the right on Thursday by attacking Means, the sister of Calley Means — a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Those online jabs ca…
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