Trump Says RFK Jr. Recommended New Surgeon General Nominee

The president said that Dr. Casey Means is a ‘brilliant woman.’

Dr. Casey Means attends a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2025. Ben Curtis/AP Photo

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommended that President Donald Trump nominate Dr. Casey Means as his surgeon general, the president said on May 8.

When asked why he nominated Means to the position, Trump told reporters at the White House that it was “because Bobby thought she was fantastic.”