New surgeon general pick in deleted posts criticized Trump, RFK Jr. policies
CNN’s KFile found deleted posts in which Nicole Saphier questioned vaccine policy changes, measles transparency and Trump’s health disclosures.
- On Wednesday, CNN's KFile reported that Surgeon General nominee Nicole Saphier deleted numerous social media posts criticizing President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Saphier, a practicing radiologist and former Fox News contributor, has publicly supported President Trump's Make America Healthy Again agenda since his first term, yet the deleted posts reveal past policy disagreements.
- Posts included questions about administration transparency regarding measles in the United States, concerns over Tylenol policy, and criticism that Kennedy's overhaul of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices acted as a 'gatekeeper.'
- Defending the nominee, White House spokesperson Kush Desai called Saphier an 'accomplished physician' and 'powerful asset,' though former Surgeon General Jerome Adams noted the necessity of highlighting her professional credentials.
- Ahead of her confirmation, Saphier's deleted posts included a June 2025 message mocking Trump's public feud with Elon Musk as 'petty, loud, & obnoxious' and comparing it to billionaires throwing sand in a sandbox.
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The Independent (US)Trump’s surgeon general pick criticized president and RFK Jr in now-deleted posts
'Petty, loud & obnoxious': Donald Trump's new surgeon general pick spent months trashing him online, then she hit delete
Two months ago, President Donald Trump picked Dr. Nicole Saphier as his new surgeon general. What surprised many people was that Saphier, who has called herself a Trump supporter since his first term, had spent months bashing the administration and Trump himself online. Now, after her nomination, Saphier seems to have deleted her social media posts. CNN looked at Saphier’s deleted tweets, which showed a pattern that did not match her new role as…
Nicole Saphier Deletes Tweets Criticizing Trump, RFK Jr.
President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier appears to have done some housekeeping on her social media, deleting numerous tweets criticizing the policies of the president and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Andrew Kaczynski and Meg Tirrell first reported on the tweets on Wednesday for CNN’s KFile, the messages saved through the Wayback Machine. Saphier’s tweets include raising “questions” about an MRI t…
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