Jennifer Pak

It has the crucial key minerals that America needs

Well, that's the reason why a lot of analysts say that China is coming into this summit much stronger than they did almost 10 years ago when they last had Trump coming to China.

Thank you.

Well, I'm told the final straw for McCary was White House pressure to okay flavored vapes, something he did not agree with.

That's according to a federal health official familiar with management of the agency, but who wasn't authorized to speak publicly.

The pressure has been building for a while.

He had survived a series of controversies.

McCary was definitely disrupting the agency, which is really in line with what the rest of the Trump administration has been trying to do to the federal government.

And he made a lot of people mad.

At times, McCary angered the Make America Healthy Again movement for not pushing the MAHA agenda fast enough or hard enough.

And he upset people wanting a more predictable approach to regulation at the FDA.

Oh, sure.

For example, people who support the Baja movement were upset when the agency approved updated COVID-19 vaccines last year.

He also disappointed people who oppose abortion by approving a second generic version of Mifepristone.

Drug makers and patient groups who want a consistent and predictable FDA were unhappy with the agency's reversals on experimental drugs and vaccines.

McCary made some policy changes without convening the typical FDA advisory committees of outside experts.

These committees have a lot of rules around them to make sure they're not biased, and they're typically convened before big agency decisions.

It's a way to build public trust.

And McCary didn't do that before changing the safety warnings on hormone replacement therapies.

At the time, he called the committees bureaucratic, conflicted, and expensive.