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Trump Taps ‘MAHA’ Influencer for Surgeon General

May 7, 2025 · 5:37 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“President Trump said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Means has become more prominent with the rise of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement. She and her brother, Kennedy adviser Calley Means, wrote a book, Good Energy, that became popular with Trump campaign staffers and later with Kennedy.”

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