US EditionTrump's Surgeon General Pick Criticizes Others' Conflicts but Profits From Wellness Product Sales
- Dr. Casey Means, nominated in 2025 as the U.S. Surgeon general by President Trump, has promoted and profited from health and wellness products.
- Means built her public profile by criticizing doctors and regulators for corruption linked to industry while not consistently disclosing her financial ties to promoted companies.
- She endorses various products including basil seed supplements, blood testing services, and glucose monitors sold by companies she co-founded or invested in, reaching over 825,000 Instagram followers.
- An Associated Press review found Means sometimes failed to disclose profits from recommendations, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in her potential public health role.
- Legal experts warn Means' financial ties could compromise her credibility as surgeon general, a role that requires trusted and unbiased scientific health guidance.
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Investigation reveals 'messy' online money-making schemes of Trump admin pick
Dr. Casey Means, President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general and an advocate of RFK Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" movement, admits that her money-making ventures as an online influencer can appear "messy," according to The Associated Press.In an article about Means's online money-makin...
Trumps' Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means - A Near Wiccan Speaking Spells » Sons of Liberty Media
It truly is amazing with whom President Donald Trump surrounds himself and his nominations, as well. Take for instance his nomination of Casey Means for the position of Surgeon General, something that the Constitution doesn’t provide any authority. In a piece by Erick Erickson, he points out that Means is “not fit to be surgeon …
How Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money
President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical, health and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health.
How Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Oregon doctor Casey Means, uses her big online following to make money
President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health. Yet as Dr. Casey Means has criticized scientists and regulators for taking money from the food and pharmaceutical industries, she has promoted dozens of products in ways that put money in her own pocket.
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How Trump's Pick for Surgeon General Uses Her Big Online Following to Make Money
(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump's pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation's medical, health, and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans...
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