Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general

Trump’s nomination of Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as surgeon general prioritizes TV credentials over public health experience, a break from past picks who held senior clinical or policy roles. Nesheiwat, with no prior government health leadership, would oversee the $6 billion U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. This pick is less qualified than #10’s context of democratic backsliding; it mirrors an 8% decline in public trust in federal health agencies since 2020, per Pew Research. No comparable nominee has lacked a public health degree since C. Everett Koop in 1981, making this a 45-year anomaly in medical authority.