US EditionKennedy blasts critics of Trump’s surgeon general nominee: ‘Terrified of change’
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump selected Dr. Casey Means as his nominee for U.S. Surgeon general following the withdrawal of Janette Nesheiwat's nomination the previous day.
- The nomination followed Nesheiwat's withdrawal and triggered controversy over Means' qualifications and Kennedy's role in the appointments.
- The nominee, who earned a medical degree from Stanford but has not completed a residency or maintained an active license, strongly supports Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again campaign.
- Kennedy defended Means on Fox News Thursday, calling her nomination a needed shift and praising her as someone who left traditional medicine to improve patient outcomes.
- The nomination's backlash, including from MAGA figures Nicole Shanahan and Laura Loomer, underscores tensions over health leadership and the surgeon general's Senate confirmation remains pending.
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Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster
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Trump picked a wellness influencer to be surgeon general and it’s breaking MAHA brains
Dr. Casey Meansm (left), a wellness influencer, at confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | Ben Curtis/AP Photo The Make America Healthy Again movement’s infiltration of federal health policy took another step forward last week when President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Casey Means, a “metabolic health evangelist” and an ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be his surgeon gener…
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