Calley Means, a senior adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned from the Trump administration on Thursday, according to reports from The Hill and Axios. The Hill reported that the resignation came amid what it described as "frustrations over delays of the MAHA food agenda." The Hill's reporting was written by Nathaniel Weixel and is linked here: The Hill's report on Means's resignation.
According to The Hill, Means was an outspoken advocate for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Axios separately reported that Means resigned from his senior adviser post on Thursday and described him as a health entrepreneur who had become "the Trump administration's most vocal advocate of the MAHA agenda." Adriel Bettelheim wrote the Axios report, which is linked here: Axios's account of the resignation.
Both outlets placed the departure less than two weeks before the midterm elections. Axios reported that the timing underscores discontent within the MAHA base over the pace of change on food policy and the administration's stances on issues such as pesticide use. The excerpt of The Hill's report available for this story ends before its description of the wider context is complete.
The two accounts differ in emphasis. The Hill's summary centers on delays in the food agenda, while Axios's summary centers on the base's discontent with the pace of change on food policy and with pesticide-related stances. Neither summary reports a statement from Means or from the Health and Human Services Department explaining his decision.
The available summaries do not describe any successor or any next steps for the MAHA food agenda within the administration. Both reports were published Thursday, according to their timestamps, and the summaries were the only material reviewed for this account.
Sources: The Hill: Calley Means, top RFK Jr. adviser, quits Trump administration; Axios: Top health adviser and MAHA ally quits Trump admin.