Trump chose Dr. Oz, a television doctor, to lead public health services. usa elections

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon who later became a salesman of miracle products on television, is among the anti-vaccine Roberts to lead the U.S. Health Service if President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees are confirmed by the Senate. Will partner with F Kennedy. Thus the United States finds itself in the hands of two people who have spread conspiracy theories and adopted pseudoscientific positions on health matters, even if not openly contrary to science.

Trump announced last week that he was selecting Kennedy for the post of health secretary. This Tuesday, they decided to nominate Dr. Oz – that’s the name under which he became a television celebrity – to serve as administrator of the US public health system, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“America is facing a health crisis, and there may be no doctor more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to make America healthy again. He is a distinguished world-class physician, cardiac surgeon, inventor and communicator who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades. “Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to combat the disease of the industrial complex and all the terrible chronic diseases it causes,” Trump said in his statement.

Turkish-born Mehmet Oz, a non-practicing Muslim, was a distinguished figure as a cardiothoracic surgeon. From there she launched herself into television, first as a guest of Oprah Winfrey and then with her own solo show. He began talking about what he knew and what he didn’t know, making pseudoscientific recommendations that were plain wrong or inappropriate, and advertising misleading miracle products. With all this, he gained fame and fortune (his net worth is over $100 million) and decided to take the leap into politics. He won Trump’s endorsement to run for senator from Pennsylvania, although he had severed ties with that state.

The former President’s support barely allowed him to win the Republican primaries, although Bess came to whistle for him at a rally with the former President. However, he succumbed to Democrat John Fetterman in what was the biggest victory for Joe Biden’s party in the 2022 legislative elections, despite the fact that Fetterman had suffered a stroke in the middle of the campaign and he Participated in a debate It was difficult for him to understand what they were saying and find the words to respond. Previously, Fetterman had trolled him online, comparing him to the Simpsons doctor or portraying him as a fake Wizard of Oz. Democrats accused him of abusing and killing 300 dogs in his laboratory. Republicans did not deny it, but said they were not aware of it.

Oz perhaps reached his lowest point of the campaign when he tried to empathize with voters and pretended to go to the grocery store. His role as a billionaire troubled by inflation was a real disaster. He said he was in Wegner’s (there is a chain called Wegman’s and other Radner’s and it seems like they got into a mess), he called the vegetables crudités and, in general, everything seemed so fake that Joe The feeling left was that he had never shopped there. Doctor Oz was the subject of all kinds of memes on social networks. Wegeners became a trend.

Although his election failure was infamous, Trump has now salvaged it by returning to power. “Our broken health care system hurts all Americans and crushes our nation’s budget,” the president-elect wrote in his statement. “Dr. Oz will continue to be a leader in promoting disease prevention, so that we can achieve the best outcomes in the world for every dollar spent on health in our great country. It will also reduce waste and fraud within our nation’s most expensive government agency, which represents one-third of our nation’s health spending and one-quarter of our entire national budget,” he said in his awkward use of capital letters and lowercase letters. Said with.

Dr. Oz is one of the few members of Trump’s team who has television experience. He hosted The Apprentice himself and now his appointments include some Fox hosts and other celebrities.