“让美国再次健康”（MAHA）运动的知名人物卡利·米恩斯周四辞去了特朗普政府高级卫生官员的职务，据多位知情人士透露，原因是他对政府在应对慢性病方面的进展感到沮丧。
Calley Means, a prominent figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, resigned from his position as a senior Trump health official on Thursday over frustrations with the government’s progress tackling chronic disease, according to multiple people familiar with his decision.
米恩斯在一份声明中证实了他的离职，称他是“怀着对特朗普总统和博比·肯尼迪的极大尊重”而辞职。作为卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的高级顾问，米恩斯的离职正值MAHA支持者因政府在超加工食品和农药问题上的不作为而日益感到沮丧之际。
Means confirmed his departure in a statement, that he is resigning “with tremendous respect for President Trump and Bobby Kennedy.”A top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Means’ exit comes mounting frustration from MAHA supporters over government inaction on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides.
这代表了特朗普总统的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）基本盘与肯尼迪的MAHA选民之间政治联盟的最新打击，后者帮助特朗普在2024年入主白宫，但随着他们在食品和健康方面的核心优先事项停滞不前，他们变得越来越幻灭。
It represents the latest blow to the political alliance between the president’s “Make America Great Again” base and Kennedy’s MAHA voters, who helped power Trump to the White House in 2024, only for them to grow increasingly disillusioned as their key food and health priorities stalled.
本月，一个MAHA活动家联盟发布了一份“评分卡”，声称政府在限制农药使用、推广更健康食品以及打破华盛顿特殊利益集团等大多数承诺上均已失败。
This month, a coalition of MAHA activists released a “scorecard” claiming the administration had failed most of its promises to restrict pesticide use, promote healthier foods and break up special interests in Washington.
米恩斯被广泛认为促成了肯尼迪与特朗普的相识——最终导致前者背书后者并进入其内阁——在正式加入政府之前，他曾是肯尼迪最亲密的外部顾问之一。他曾在白宫担任临时职务，随后成为卫生与公众服务部的高级顾问。特朗普曾提名他的妹妹凯西·米恩斯担任卫生局局长，但该提名后来被撤回。
Means, who was widely credited with introducing Kennedy to Trump – eventually leading the former to endorse him and end up in his Cabinet – had served as one of Kennedy’s closest outside advisers before officially joining the administration. He held a temporary role at the White House, then later became a top adviser at HHS. Trump nominated his sister, Casey Means, as surgeon general, though this was later withdrawn.
三位知情人士表示，米恩斯曾大力吹捧特朗普是一位愿意彻底改革政府在食品和健康监管方面做法的候选人，但他对推进MAHA议程核心的一系列政策出现延误感到日益沮丧。
Means, who had championed Trump as a candidate willing to overhaul the government’s approach to food and health regulation, grew increasingly frustrated over delays in advancing a series of policies at the center of the MAHA agenda, three people familiar with the matter said.
特朗普政府的卫生官员最初希望，包括为超加工食品制定定义在内的政策，能在中期选举前顺利敲定。然而，他们在白宫遭遇了持续的拖延，并面临主要农业行业团体的强烈抵制。熟悉梅恩斯想法的人士表示，他决定辞职主要是因为这些拖延。
Trump health officials had initially hoped that policies, including an effort to create a definition for ultraprocessed foods, would be finalized well before the midterm elections. Instead, they’ve faced continued delays in the White House and sharp pushback from major agriculture industry groups. Means decided to quit primarily because of those delays, the people familiar with his thinking said.
他是近几个月来辞职或被解职的高级卫生官员中的最新一位，此前选民对肯尼迪颇具争议的疫苗政策感到不满，白宫试图将其卫生议程转向更受欢迎的政策优先事项。
He is the latest in a string of senior health officials who have quit or been fired in recent months as voters soured on Kennedy’s controversial vaccine policies and the White House sought to pivot its health agenda toward more popular policy priorities.
8月，梅恩斯在卫生与公众服务部的一场活动中与肯尼迪并肩而立，当时部长承诺将推出一系列旨在打击流行食品中人工色素、甜味剂和其他添加剂的政策。
In August, Means stood alongside Kennedy at an HHS event where the secretary promised a slew of policies aimed at cracking down on artificial food dyes, sweeteners and other additives in popular foods.
但他们的宣布并未要求食品制造商证明其成分安全——这是“让美国再次健康”（MAHA）倡导者长期以来的优先诉求。
But their announcement stopped short of requiring food manufacturers to prove their ingredients are safe – a long-held priority for MAHA advocates.
这一拖延激起了MAHA倡导者的愤怒，他们誓言将在投票箱前进行报复。
The delay has stoked anger among MAHA advocates promising retribution at the ballot box.
梅恩斯在X平台发帖称，肯尼迪和特朗普“勾勒出了一个愿景，即对抗那些从美国人生病中牟利的、盘踞在华盛顿的黑暗势力”，并在过去两年里取得了重大进展。“过去两年里，围绕这些目标发生的政策和文化变革比历史上任何时候都多——我知道这场运动才刚刚开始，”他写道。白宫未立即回应置评请求。
Means, in a post on X, said that Kennedy and Trump “laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick” and have made significant progress in the past two years. “More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals in the past 2 years than any time in history - and I know this movement is just getting started,” he wrote. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
以农药问题行动主义闻名的“让美国再次健康”（MAHA）倡导者凯莉·赖尔森对米恩斯评价道：“尽管企业利益设置了重重障碍，他仍在卫生与公众服务部（HHS）坚持了两年多，致力于食品之战，这令我印象深刻。”
Kelly Ryerson, a MAHA advocate known for her activism on pesticides, said of Means: “I am impressed that he completed over two years at HHS fighting the food battle, despite all of the obstacles presented by corporate interests.”
赖尔森补充说：“旨在迎合企业利益的复杂法律障碍和政治花招，让进展几乎变得不可能。大型食品企业和大型农业企业之所以能继续生存，只因它们掌控着我们的民选官员和监管者，而它们目前正在得逞。”
“Sophisticated legal roadblocks and political shenanigans designed to appease corporate interests have made progress nearly impossible,” Ryerson added. “Big Food and Big Ag only continue to survive by owning our elected officials and regulators, and they are currently succeeding.”
“令人心碎，但不得不做，”经营着一个面向“转折点美国”（Turning Point USA）的热门MAHA主题播客的网红亚历克斯·克拉克说道，她指的是米恩斯的离职。“我也别无选择，只能离开。”
“It’s devastating, but had to be done,” Alex Clark, an influencer who runs a popular MAHA-themed podcast for Turning Point USA, said, referring to Means’ exit. “I would have had no choice but to leave too.”