Trump Advisor Trashes Anti-MAHA Order: ‘I’m Not Going To Gaslight’

White House Senior Advisor Calley Means claimed Thursday that President Donald Trump’s recent executive orderaiming to boost the domestic production of glyphosate was “disappointing.”

Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 18 which invokes the Defense Production Act to bolster the production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides in the U.S., drawing criticism from some health advocates, especially some supporters of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Means said during a Thursday speech at MAHA Action’s Eat Real Food Rally in Austin, Texas that he thought the order was “extremely disappointing.”

“There’s going to be ups and downs, and there is zero question that this week was a down,” Means said during the speech. “I’m not going to gaslight or sugarcoat it. This glyphosate thing was extremely disappointing.”

Means also claimed during his speech that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was similarly “disappointed” about the recent executive order.

“Bobby is disappointed,” Means added. “And there’s no message from me, the White House, or Bobby that you should not be letting your anger out. But I’ll tell you, Bobby got on the phone. He’s in charge of the NIH. He called Jay Bhattacharya, he’s going to call him every day. We are going to research a bridge off these toxic chemicals that our farmers are unfortunately dependent on … Bobby’s been calling the top venture capitalists in the world. We are going to get a bridge off these chemicals.”