President Trump has nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon and outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, as the next Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This move signals a bold shift in Trump’s second-term agenda to restore public trust in health institutions and address the “bureaucratic rot” undermining the FDA.
President Trump shared his reasoning behind the nomination in a statement:
I am very pleased to nominate Marty Makary MD, MPH, FACS, for FDA Commissioner. FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost sight of its primary goal as a regulator.