Trump to fire Markary? (FDA Comish)

[jon-nyc]

Reported in various outlets, I believe the WSJ got there first.

For me it depends on why. Or phrased another way, who had Trump's ear to nudge him this way? If it was his Silicon Valley buds warning about competing with China, then this could be good news. But I'm not counting any chickens just yet.

[taiwan_girl]

The Wall Street Journal agrees with you.

President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, according to people familiar with the matter, following a tumultuous period for the regulator that included clashes over vaping, abortion and drug policy.

Makary, a former Johns Hopkins surgeon who became a frequent Make America Healthy Again surrogate on television news programs, is seen by other top administration leaders as struggling to manage his agency, sparring frequently with health department officials and at times with the White House. His tenure has also been dogged by the aftereffects of layoffs led by the Department of Government Efficiency and rapid turnover in the FDA’s leadership ranks.

He would become the latest top lieutenant fired under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. since the ouster last summer of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and the February removal of HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill.

Asked late Friday about Makary’s possible departure, Trump said: “I know nothing about it.”

Trump’s plan isn’t yet final and could change. “President Trump has assembled the most experienced and talented administration in history, an administration that continues to focus on delivering more historic victories for the American people,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai.