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Trump Suggests He’s Getting Ready to Throw in the Towel on His Surgeon General Nominee Amid Heavy Criticism of Her Qualifications
Mediaite ^ | March 30, 2026 | Joe De Paolo

Posted on 03/30/2026 6:40:38 AM PDT by Miami Rebel

President Donald Trump suggested, late Sunday, that he is getting ready to move on from Casey Means — his Surgeon General nominee — amid heavy criticism of her qualifications.

Speaking with reporters on board Air Force One, the president opened the door to pulling Means’s nomination.

“Are you considering withdrawing Casey Means for Surgeon General and nominating someone else?” A reporter asked.

“Well, we’re looking at a lot of different things,” Trump said. “I don’t know how she’s doing in the nomination process. I’m more focused on Iran. But, you know, something like that would be possible. We certainly have a lot of great candidates for that job.”

Earlier Sunday, Dr. Jerome Adams — who served as Surgeon General during Trump’s first term — came out strongly against Means and her credentials. Speaking with the Washington Post, Adams called out the fact that Means allowed her physician’s license to lapse and opted to become a wellness influencer.

“The irony would be the nation’s doctor wouldn’t even be in the corps as a doctor,” Adams said.

Means’s nomination has been held up in the Senate for 11 months — as Senate Republicans have expressed reservations on several of her positions, including her stance on vaccinations. While she has said vaccines are “an important part of the public health strategy,” she has stopped short of endorsing vaccinations for children on the flu and the measles, among others.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: good; surgeongeneral
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1 posted on 03/30/2026 6:40:39 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

Was the mentally ill tranny imminently qualified?


2 posted on 03/30/2026 6:44:01 AM PDT by angrymarine (I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself.)
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To: Miami Rebel

Jokelyn Elders (not a typo) once suggested that American needs safer bullets.


3 posted on 03/30/2026 6:44:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Wasn’t she morbidly obese?


4 posted on 03/30/2026 6:48:27 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: HYPOCRACY

She was a big fan of Eric Clappner.


5 posted on 03/30/2026 6:50:23 AM PDT by daler
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To: Miami Rebel

I hate Congress with an undying hatred. They have created problems for me personally, for my family and for generations that will follow by NOT doing what should be done until they can somehow benefit personally, or by doing what is wrong because they benefit personally. They are traitors in the purest sense, almost all of them.


6 posted on 03/30/2026 6:50:31 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Miami Rebel

The uniparty is all in on killing future generations with vaccines. Many underestimate just how evil and how many are evil in our government.


7 posted on 03/30/2026 7:06:59 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: HYPOCRACY
As Hannibal Lechter would say...she was “roomy”.
8 posted on 03/30/2026 7:17:33 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Miami Rebel
“The irony would be the nation’s doctor wouldn’t even be in the corps as a doctor,” Adams said.

Right now there is controversy between the Big Pharma products (that cost an arm and a leg) and nutritionists / alternative 'healers' who may not be able to explain it, but it works. Holistic is the word I am looking for. We don't need a Big Pharma sales person in the Surgeon General role.

9 posted on 03/30/2026 7:23:36 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: Miami Rebel

How about get rid of the position just another non-essential role?


10 posted on 03/30/2026 7:30:22 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Miami Rebel

The hate-filled, extreme far lefties will never agree with anyone nominated by PRESIDENT TRUMP. The leftist SOB NAZIS would prefer a muzzie terrorist or a Somali thieving pig. A leftist king like King Hakeem Skyhook or a brother loving pig like Ilhan Omar.


11 posted on 03/30/2026 7:32:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Visit Chicongo! America's Wrong Place at the Wrong Time! We have Backshooters! - Governor Prixter.)
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To: Miami Rebel

She’s only despised by everyone that makes people sick and keeps them that way.

Doubt her? Go to any public place and see how long it takes to find someone who is not obese.


12 posted on 03/30/2026 7:33:56 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I think J.E. also wanted school to teach kids masturbation.


13 posted on 03/30/2026 7:34:59 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Miami Rebel
I'm sure these two surgeon generals were far more qualified than Casey Means:

A mentally ill tranny:

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And a DEI/AA surgeon general who said things like:

“I’m against abstinence programs because I really consider “abstinence only” child abuse.”

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14 posted on 03/30/2026 7:38:38 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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IIRC, Laura Loomer tried to warn about this nominee ... and, Dr Mary Talley Bowden is NOT a fan of Means, either ... didn’t like how she let her medical license lapse and isn’t even a surgeon.

What about Florida’s Surgeon General?

He seems to be doing some good things, actual MAHA, for FL.


15 posted on 03/30/2026 7:39:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: RideForever

“alternative ‘healers’ who may not be able to explain it, but it works. Holistic is the word I am looking for.”


AI Overview

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https://www.google.com/search?q=holistic+medicine+scam


16 posted on 03/30/2026 7:39:57 AM PDT by TexasGator (/.)
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To: Miami Rebel

They’ll only approve a covid and every other vaccine proponent who believes in abortion up to full term, transgenderism and wacko parents who want to cut off their children’s breasts and genitalia in an attempt to change their sex.
Oh, and we know exactly who Thune sides with for refusing to allow recess appointments. Just another Mitch McConnell.


17 posted on 03/30/2026 7:40:40 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Miami Rebel

What’s the problem? Judges are running the United States secretary of health and human services regarding vaccine schedules……. What medical school did Da Judge graduate from? Seems Brian E. Murphy did not! So Judges rule on vaccines schedules without medical training is ok, former doctors well, not good enough!


18 posted on 03/30/2026 7:48:56 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Miami Rebel

TACO…


19 posted on 03/30/2026 7:54:08 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Miami Rebel

Do we really need a Surgeon General?


20 posted on 03/30/2026 8:00:53 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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