Trump Appoints a Muslim Doctor to the Cabinet, Here’s His Figure

Jakarta –

United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump appointed Muslim doctor Mehmet Oz as the CEO of the US Center for Health and Medicine Services. Trump said he had known him for years.

“I have known Dr. Oz for many years, and I am confident that he will fight to make sure that everyone in America gets the best possible Health Care, so that our country can be great and healthy again! ” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday (19/11/2024), as reported CNN.

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in promoting Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the world for every dollar we spend on Health Care in our great country,” Trump said.

The appointment of Dr. Mehmet Oz to become administrator of the main federal agency that oversees health insurance for more than 150 million Americans because he has experience in the field. It is also felt that the Oz leadership will cut spending.

“It will also cut waste and fraud in our nation’s most expensive government agency, which accounts for a third of our nation’s health spending, and a quarter of our entire National Revenue and Expenditure Budget, “said the Republican president.

The figure of Mehmet Oz, Trump’s choice of Muslim doctor

Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon. He was appointed by Trump to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition in 2018 and filled the same position in 2020.

Oz is running for Senate in 2022 in Pennsylvania with Trump’s support. However, Oz lost to Democratic Senator John Fetterman.

Not only is he known in the health sector, Oz is very popular in the wider community as he is a television personality. Before launching his own show “The Dr. Oz Show” in 2009, Oz was a frequent guest of Oprah Winfrey.

Reported Egypt todayOz is also an author and professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University.

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