RFK Jr allies worry he is being 'marginalized' by Trump and his voice is drowned out: report

Source: The Independent

Thursday 07 May 2026 16:59 EDT


Allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are reportedly worried he is being “marginalized” by the Trump administration.

There are “fears among Kennedy’s close allies that he is being marginalized inside the administration, opening a fresh rift within the nascent MAGA-MAHA alliance,” according to a report from CNN. The concerns surfaced after Trump’s latest Surgeon General pick, Dr. Nicole Saphier, was announced without Kennedy reportedly having significant input in the decision.

Saphier, Trump’s third Surgeon General nominee in less than two years, was abruptly replaced by Trump’s previous nominee, Casey Means, a close Kennedy ally, fueling speculation about fractures in the MAGA-MAHA alliance.

One unnamed Trump adviser dismissed Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement and its influence within the administration, according to CNN. “I hate to say it, but I think they’re a little bit overrated,” the adviser told CNN. “To some extent, MAHA has always been a paper tiger.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-trump-admin-hhs-allies-b2972586.html