Donald Trump wants Dr. Casey Means to be the main doctor for the US. She used to be a doctor, but now she helps people feel healthy. She is good friends with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump chose her after he changed his mind about the first person he wanted for this important job.

Trump wrote online on Wednesday that Means is very good and supports his idea of making America healthy again. He said she will work to stop long-term illnesses and make Americans healthier and happier.

"Her school success and her life's work are really great," Trump said. "Dr. Casey Means could be a very good health leader in American history."

Because of this, Trump did not choose Janette Nesheiwat for the job. She used to talk about health on Fox News. This is at least the second person Trump chose for a health job who was not approved by the Senate. Nesheiwat was going to talk to a special Senate group on Thursday to see if she could get the job.

Means and her brother, who used to be a lobbyist, helped Kennedy a lot when he tried to become president in 2024. They also helped him say he supported Trump last summer. They met with some people who really liked Trump, and important people like Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan said good things about them. Calley Means now works for the White House and often talks on TV about changing rules for food help, taking fluoride out of water, and other things.

Casey Means has not worked in government and stopped her training to become a surgeon. She said she did not like traditional medicine anymore. She started a company called Levels. This company uses technology to help people check their blood sugar and other health numbers. Casey also gets money from selling health pills, creams, teas, and other things she shows on her social media.

In talks and articles, Means and her brother say that many things cause health problems in their country. They say that big food companies make Americans eat unhealthy food. This makes people need daily medicine from drug companies to help with being overweight, having diabetes, and other long-term illnesses.

Most health experts agree that eating a lot of processed food in America makes people overweight and causes other health problems. But Means says that changes in what people eat and how they live are also connected to many other problems like not being able to have children, losing memory, feeling very sad, and having trouble with sex.

Means said in a book from 2024 that many long-term health problems happen because of how we live.

Means usually avoids Kennedy's ideas about vaccines that many people disagree with and say are wrong. But on her website, she says we should look at vaccine safety more carefully. She also thinks it should be simpler for people to take drug companies to court if they believe a vaccine hurt them. For a long time, a law has protected these companies from lawsuits so they can create vaccines without worrying about expensive court cases.

She studied to be a doctor at Stanford University. But now, many people follow her online. She says that traditional medicine is not always good. She also says that eating healthy food and changing how you live can help with being overweight, diabetes, and other long-term sicknesses.

If Means becomes the main doctor for the country, he would help with Kennedy's big health plan. This plan wants to remove many extra things and chemicals from food in the U.S. It also wants to stop people who work for the government from having conflicts of interest. And it wants to make food in school lunches and other food programs healthier.

Nesheiwat is a doctor in New York. She often talks about health on TV. She supports Trump and shares pictures of them online. Her sister is married to Mike Waltz. Trump wants Mike Waltz to be his ambassador to the United Nations.

But a friend of Trump's, Laura Loomer, had recently said bad things about her.

Journalist Anthony Clark wrote last month that Nesheiwat said she got her medical degree from the University of Arkansas. But she actually got it from a university in the Caribbean. The White House did not choose Nesheiwat for the job. This was because they were not sure if she would be approved. This information came from someone who knew but did not want to be named.

Nesheiwat wrote online on Wednesday: "I am happy to keep helping President Trump and working with Secretary Kennedy in an important job to make America healthy again. I still want to make the health of all Americans better, and that goal is still important to me."

The surgeon general is like the main doctor for the country. They are in charge of 6,000 health workers. They can also give warnings about dangers to public health.

In March, a man was going to be the head of a health group, but he chose not to. Some people were worried because he was not sure about vaccines. He knew he would not get enough support for the job.