President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, Nov. 19, that he would name Mehmet Oz, a former TV star surgeon, to head America’s massive public health insurance program.
“The United States is mired in a public health crisis and there is no doctor more qualified than Dr. Oz to restore health to America”the president-elect stated in a press release. “It will also reduce waste and fraud at our nation’s most expensive government agency.”promised Donald Trump.
This 64-year-old surgeon is known for being a star of the small screen, who failed to enter politics. Nicknamed in the 2000s by the pope of American television Oprah Winfrey, who invited him as an expert on her set, he had his own program for more than ten years, the “Dʳ Oz Show”, which made him a celebrity. This son of Turkish immigrants even has his star on the famous Hollywood “Walk of Fame.”
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Their health recommendations, sometimes sprinkled with qualifiers such as “magical” EITHER ” miracle “However, it earned him criticism from his colleagues and he was also accused of having promoted ineffective or potentially dangerous treatments or dietary supplements, especially against Covid-19.
Candidate dubbed by Donald Trump in a highly analyzed election in Pennsylvania, he failed to be elected to the United States Senate in 2022.
His appointment was criticized by the Democratic field, as were those of other television stars for key positions: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s appointee to lead the Pentagon, is a former Fox News host. “We are becoming the world’s first reality show about nuclear weapons”scoffed Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jim Himes.
Linda McMahon appointed Education Minister
At the same time, Donald Trump also named 76-year-old Linda McMahon as Minister of Education on Tuesday. Former head of the WWE wrestling federation, from 1993 to 2009, she was administrator of the Small Business Administration, or minister of SMEs, from 2017 to 2019, in the former Trump administration. Like Mehmet Oz, she failed to be elected to the Senate in 2010 and 2012. Since August, she has co-led the team responsible for preparing the transition with the Biden administration. She is accompanied on this mission by Howard Lutnick, a businessman named Secretary of Commerce on Monday.
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“As Minister of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly” offer more freedom of education to each American state and “empower parents to make the best educational decisions for their family”Donald Trump said in a statement.
The issue of education particularly divides American states between those led by Democrats and those led by the most conservative, the latter fiercely opposing issues related to the rights of women, minorities or even LGBT+ communities.
Without hesitating to speak of Donald Trump as“a friend”Linda McMahon is a major donor to the Republican Party and provided financial support to Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016, first for his primary and then in the race for the White House. She is married to Vince McMahon, the heir to WWE, the target of a sexual assault accusation.
