Allies of RFK Jr. are reportedly getting worried about his standing within President Donald Trump’s administration. A new report suggests that there might be a growing rift within the MAGA-MAHA alliance and the HHS Secretary is being “marginalized.”
RFK Jr’s allies reportedly worried about him, claims report
According to a recent report by CNN, allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have grown concerned that he might be sidelined within Donald Trump’s administration. The reports claim that 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.”
The report comes after Donald Trump recently chose Dr. Nicole Saphier as his Surgeon General pick over his previous nominee, Casey Means, who is a close ally of RFK Jr. The HHS Secretary reportedly did not have a say in the decision.
Trump initially chose Mean last May, telling reporters, “Bobby really thought she was great. I don’t know her. I listened to the recommendation of Bobby.” Last month, Trump praised Dr. Nicole Saphier in a Truth Social post. He called Saphier “a STAR physician.”
Furthermore, an anonymous Trump advisor has reportedly dismissed the influence of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement within the Trump administration. “I hate to say it, but I think they’re a little bit overrated,” they stated, adding, “To some extent, MAHA has always been a paper tiger.”
However, the White House has responded to the suggestion that RFK Jr. is being “marginalized,” declaring that the HHS Secretary continues to be a key figure in Donald Trump’s administration.
“Making America Healthy Again has been a Day One priority for President Trump, and Secretary Kennedy continues to play a central role in the Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to deliver on the President’s MAHA agenda,” Senior Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai told CNN.
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on Mandatory.
