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(172,449 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2026, 01:09 PM Apr 30

Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general

Source: The Guardian

Thu 30 Apr 2026 13.00 EDT
Last modified on Thu 30 Apr 2026 13.01 EDT

Donald Trump on Thursday pulled his nominee to become the US surgeon general, Casey Means, and replaced her.

The US president said that Means will continue to fight for the so-called Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement spearheaded by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. He stated this was despite opposition from Bill Cassidy, the Republican US senator of Louisiana, to Means’s nomination.

“Despite Senator Cassidy’s intransigence and political games, Casey will continue to fight for MAHA on the many important Health issues facing our Country,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Trump then said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the post of US surgeon general.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-withdraws-nomination-casey-means

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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 30 OP

🤣🤣🤣 ultralite001 Apr 30 #1

FOX news is the shepherd of the flock. twodogsbarking Apr 30 #2

Trump's hiring criteria: "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." Point and grunt. (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 30 #4

Is Means or Saphier a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS)? flashman13 Apr 30 #3

At least Sapier's an actual doctor, not a dropout Resident. maxsolomon Apr 30 #5

That is what I gathered from their bios. flashman13 Apr 30 #6

ultralite001

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1. 🤣🤣🤣

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:00 PM

Apr 30

TIA...

twodogsbarking

(19,397 posts)

2. FOX news is the shepherd of the flock.

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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:22 PM

Apr 30

thesquanderer

(13,125 posts)

4. Trump's hiring criteria: "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." Point and grunt. (n/t)

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:57 PM

Apr 30

flashman13

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3. Is Means or Saphier a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS)?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:33 PM

Apr 30

That is a requirement of U.S. Code.

If not, why are they even being nominated. Means' bio does note indicate she is a member of USPHS. Saphier's bio also does not indicate she is a member of USPHS, but at least she doesn't seem to be as corporate as Means.

maxsolomon

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5. At least Sapier's an actual doctor, not a dropout Resident.

Reply to flashman13 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 04:52 PM

Apr 30

Scraping the barrel again...

flashman13

(2,573 posts)

6. That is what I gathered from their bios.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 04:55 PM

Apr 30

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