To Sue or to Woo? The Medical Establishment Is Divided on MAHA.

Major medical societies are trying to figure out how to respond to Trump’s health agenda promoting healthy living alongside vaccine misinformation.

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and conservative political activist Riley Gaines joined Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a nutrition policy announcement. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The Trump administration’s celebration of its new meat- and milk-centric dietary guidelines was held in an auditorium decorated with colorful posters of “Real Food” and a crowd of MAHA luminaries.

Mike Tyson was in the house. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his adviser Calley Means, who catapulted into the federal government from the wellness industry while pushing raw milk and decrying vaccine mandates. The Senate’s resident vegan, Cory Booker, was invited, but wasn’t there.

Bobby Mukkamala was. As president of the American Medical Association, few would expect Mukkamala to show up for a photo op with Kennedy and his Make American Healthy Again acolytes.