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BumRushDaShow

(171,339 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2026, 01:09 PM 6 hrs ago

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 6 hrs ago OP

🤣🤣🤣 ultralite001 6 hrs ago #1

FOX news is the shepherd of the flock. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #2

Trump's hiring criteria: "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." Point and grunt. (n/t) thesquanderer 5 hrs ago #4

Is Means or Saphier a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS)? flashman13 5 hrs ago #3

At least Sapier's an actual doctor, not a dropout Resident. maxsolomon 3 hrs ago #5

That is what I gathered from their bios. flashman13 3 hrs ago #6

ultralite001

(2,623 posts)

1. 🤣🤣🤣

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:00 PM

6 hrs ago

TIA...

twodogsbarking

(19,152 posts)

2. FOX news is the shepherd of the flock.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:22 PM

5 hrs ago

thesquanderer

(13,068 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

5 hrs ago

flashman13

(2,514 posts)

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

5 hrs ago

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

3 hrs ago

Scraping the barrel again...

flashman13

(2,514 posts)

6. That is what I gathered from their bios.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 04:55 PM

3 hrs ago

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