Trump’s surgeon general pick criticized president and RFK Jr in now-deleted posts

Politics
7 May 2026 • 4:01 AM MYT
The Independent
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Trump’s surgeon general pick criticized president and RFK Jr in now-deleted posts

  • Dr. Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor, is Donald Trump's third nominee for surgeon general.
  • She has been deleting social media posts that were critical of the Trump administration's handling of issues like autism and vaccines, according to a CNN report.
  • The deleted posts, some from 2025 and earlier this year, are still viewable via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
  • Her past criticisms included questioning Trump's reassurances about his health and his warnings to pregnant women against taking Tylenol.
  • More recently, Saphier has also criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. regarding vaccine schedules and the measles outbreak.

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