White House points to its MAHA record after Calley Means's allegations
The White HouseThe White House, in a statement from spokeswoman Allison Schuster
Asked about Means's interview, White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster says the administration has won extensive victories for the MAHA agenda, including new dietary guidelines, removing artificial ingredients from food and investing in regenerative farming.
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Calley Means says White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other top Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect money from special interests for the 2026 midterm elections, and that Wiles told him she needed money from the sugar industry to win the midterms.
“The Administration has already secured extensive victories for the MAHA Agenda, including overhauling the dietary guidelines for Americans, axing artificial ingredients in our food supply, and investing in regenerative farming”
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Former RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means alleges Susie Wiles put midterm donor money ahead of MAHA policies; James Blair calls his claims false
On November 6, 2026, Calley Means, a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said on Joe Rogan's podcast that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other top Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect money from special interests for the midterm elections. Trump political adviser James Blair called much of it false, and the White House pointed to its MAHA record. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said the corruption Means described reached the Trump administration.
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Politico report, as published on NewsBreak, on Calley Means's interview with Joe Rogan. It quotes a statement from White House spokesperson Allison Schuster, says a health department spokesperson pointed to a post from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and quotes James Blair's response.
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Washington Post report, published by The Spokesman-Review, on Calley Means's interview with Joe Rogan. It includes a statement from White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster, responses from James Blair, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s posts on X that day.
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Politico and The Washington Post sought comment on Means's interview with Joe Rogan, in which he said Wiles and other top aides held back MAHA policies to protect special-interest money. In the statement, Schuster says the MAHA coalition has found a champion in President Trump.
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The statement ends: "President Trump and Secretary Kennedy continue to work around the clock to deliver more wins for the American people." The Washington Post reports that some White House officials have countered that Wiles is a MAHA champion.
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The reference point is the allegation that Susie Wiles and other senior Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect donor and industry money. The White House statement does not address Means's specific claims; it disputes the picture of a stalled agenda by listing MAHA policies the administration has carried out, without defending the conduct alleged.
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Read the full caseWiles's spokesperson calls Means's accusations defamatory and provably false
“Calley Means' accusations are outrageous, defamatory, and provably false”Read statement
Means says people who know Wiles warned him she could inflict physical harm
“The amount of senior administration officials who have called me with stories of Susie's deranged betrayals of President Trump is revolting. People who know Susie well have warned me that she has the capacity to inflict physical harm, and I do not appreciate unhinged threats from James. ... What did I say that is untrue?”Read statement
Means says he intended to get Wiles removed and that aides subverted Trump
“Yes. I think President Trump has been subverted by people that are beholden to special interests and not what President Trump ran on, and what voters voted for.”Read statement
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