Politico September 24, 2025
Kelly Hooper, Sophie Gardner

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THE TYLENOL DIATRIBE — President Donald Trump is deeply frustrated with the public health establishment, POLITICO’s Megan Messerly, Tim Röhn, Dasha Burns and Carmen Paun report.

His message that pregnant women should exercise extreme caution when taking Tylenol and following the current vaccine schedule reflects that frustration, three people close to the White House told POLITICO.

Trump is sick of waiting for a solution that addresses the skyrocketing rate of autism over the past two decades, said the people, granted anonymity to share their assessment of Trump’s attitude.

“President Trump certainly doesn’t sound like your average public health bureaucrat looking to retire into a pharmaceutical company or a doctor who is paid by those companies to vaccinate...

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