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LEADERSHIP EXODUS: CDC officials walk out over Trump's crackpot HHS secretary - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MSNBC
The Trump administration is attempting to remove CDC Director Susan Monarez from her position after only two weeks in the Trump-appointed, Republican Senate-confirmed job. The conflict over Monarez's resistance to Trump HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-science whims and conspiracy theories has apparently set of a series of other high-profile departures, leaving a vacuum at the top of the CDC and the Trump administration looking foolish. - Aired on 08/27/2025.