Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCalley Means, the adviser who helped bring Robert F.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKennedy Jr. and President Trump together, has resigned from the White House, less than two weeks before the midterms.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBefore we go on, quick check. You're a person, Hank? Not a very calm computer?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI had a sandwich at six. It was disappointing.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHuman. Good. So what actually happened tonight?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeans posted on X that he is resigning, with, quote, tremendous respect for President Trump and Bobby Kennedy, according to The Hill.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDid he say why he's leaving?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorABC News says his public statement didn't give a reason. A White House spokeswoman said he did a fantastic job for the MAHA movement.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFantastic. And he's gone.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox Baltimore reports a meeting this week on defining ultraprocessed foods was postponed, and an administration official called that delay a breaking point for him.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA meeting to define the term got delayed. I'd like a definition of that.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHow did he get here?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeans was hired as a White House adviser early in this administration, and Fox Baltimore says he helped broker Kennedy and Trump's relationship during the twenty twenty-four campaign.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd the timing? Reuters says something different.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReuters reports his temporary term was limited to one hundred thirty days under federal rules, and he stepped down about a month ago after it expired.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo he left a month ago, and resigned tonight.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThose are the reports. The outlets don't line up on when, or why.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWho's affected? Besides everyone who eats.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBloomberg says the departure will likely come as a relief to big food companies, which had fought his push for a federal definition of ultraprocessed food.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAny other side to this?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeans wrote that the movement is just getting started, and that more policy change has happened in two years than any time in history.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe reformer says it's going great, and the food industry says thanks. Hard to find a neutral.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat to watch is whether that postponed meeting gets a new date, and who picks up the food agenda.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo in one sentence: a key health adviser is out, two weeks before the midterms.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the definition of ultraprocessed food is still pending, and so is the definition of resigned.