{"id":78287,"date":"2026-04-30T17:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-pulls-casey-means-nomination-as-surgeon-general-naming-nicole-saphier-as-replacement\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:41:57","slug":"trump-pulls-casey-means-nomination-as-surgeon-general-naming-nicole-saphier-as-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-pulls-casey-means-nomination-as-surgeon-general-naming-nicole-saphier-as-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pulls Casey Means&#8217; nomination as surgeon general, naming Nicole Saphier as replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 President Trump on Thursday said he is nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to be the next U.S. surgeon general, replacing his nomination of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/casey-means-surgeon-general-nominee-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Casey Means<\/a><\/span>, whose bid has stalled in the Senate for months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president announced the shuffle in a pair of posts on Truth Social. In the first, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116494574440493725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a>\u00a0Sen. 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In 2020, she wrote the book, &#8220;Make America Healthy Again: How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion-Dollar Crisis.&#8221; She hosts a health and wellness podcast called &#8220;Wellness Unmasked.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while tirelessly advocating to increase early cancer detection and prevention, while at the same time working with men and women on all other forms of cancer diagnoses and treatments,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116494658794846023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the president wrote<\/a>. &#8220;She is also an INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR, who makes complicated health issues more easily understood by all Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Means&#8217; confirmation hearing was Feb. 25, but since then, the process stalled as she struggled to receive sufficient support in the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among a handful of notable moments during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee, Means in her testimony wouldn&#8217;t directly say if she would encourage mothers to vaccinate their children. Cassidy, who is a doctor, and others on the committee have stressed the value of many vaccines in saving lives. When asked about vaccines and any potential link to autism, Means told the committee the &#8220;science is never settled.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Means also publicly acknowledged experimenting with psychedelic drugs in her 30s.<\/p>\n<p>Means, who was educated as a physician, does not have a currently active medical license, something that was pointed out in her confirmation hearing. 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