Trump taps Casey Means, wellness influencer close to RFK Jr., for US surgeon general after pulling initial pick
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of 37-year-old physician and wellness entrepreneur Casey Means for the position of U.S. Surgeon General, succeeding Janette Nesheiwat.
- Trump withdrew Nesheiwat's nomination the day before her Senate hearing amid questions about her credentials and criticism from a far-right ally, Laura Loomer.
- Means, a former surgeon and co-founder of the health app Levels, supports Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda focused on metabolic health and chronic disease reversal.
- Trump praised Means for her 'impeccable MAHA credentials' and said she will work closely with Secretary Kennedy to reverse the chronic disease epidemic.
- Means’s nomination signals a continued emphasis on nutrition and holistic health within the administration amid ongoing public health debates.
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Inside 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. “More than anything, I would…
'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 Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination to be the nation’s top doc was withdrawn Wednesday on the eve of her Senate confirmation hearing.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…
Inside 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…
JD Rucker Show: Casey Means Controversy, Confirming Ed Martin, and More
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