Ex-FDA chief Marty Makary blasts Trump White House over industry influence

Makary told Politico that every time he witnessed government corruption he rejected it, adding that voters had done the same. He said the White House and other health officials were not focused on medical cures or healthy food, but instead on getting more vapes approved and catering to lobbyists. Kids smoking strawberry banana vapes is not what Americans want, he said, calling for a government that stands up to corruption.

The White House pushed back hard. Spokesperson Allison Schuster told MS NOW that the only special interest guiding President Donald Trump's decision-making is the best interest of the American people, and that Gold Standard Science is the sole factor behind the administration's health policymaking.

Makary, who resigned in May, is the latest former health official to level corruption claims. Calley Means, once a senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said he left the administration last month because officials catered to special interests and tried to enrich their families. On Joe Rogan's podcast, Means described a very concentrated group in the administration working against what voters backed.

Kennedy weighed in on X late last week, writing that he and Trump intend to keep fighting until the American people, not corporate influence, drive the country's health policies.