Trump responds to reports FDA chief Mark Makary could be fired: 'Know nothing about it'

"I've been reading about it, but I know nothing about it," Trump said in response to a question about Makary's potential firing. When asked what's going on with Makary, Trump responded "nothing much."

Makary, according to WSJ, pushed back on the request, drawing Trump's ire.

Trump did not confirm the WSJ reporting, instead telling reporters "no, no" when asked if he was bringing in a new FDA head.

"The GOP cannot win without its base and simply will not get the enthusiasm that drives turnout without leadership from the top," she wrote.

"Dr. Makary is an ally in the MAHA movement," Kelly Ryerson, an author and popular advocate also known as Glyphosate Girl, told Fox News Digital.

"It is not surprising that his uncaptured approach to protecting human health has been met with the swamp calling for his firing," she continued.

"The criticism is that he didn't approve flavored vapes quickly enough. The mothers who don't want their kids smoking find that reasoning alarming," Ryerson concluded.

"The attacks against FDA Commissioner Marty Makary are coming from Big Pharma and the media outlets financially dependent on pharmaceutical advertising for survival," Turning Point USA-affiliated podcaster Alex Clark wrote in a Friday post on X.

"Washington SWAMP CREATURES hate Makary because he brings actual scientific scrutiny, independent thinking, and puts Americans' health FIRST. President Trump has consistently said he wants to Make America Healthy Again. Replacing Makary with a pharma puppet would move us backward, not forward. DO NOT FIRE MAKARY. He is one of the strongest representatives of the MAHA movement inside the federal government. SCREW OFF BIG PHARMA," Clark wrote.

Fox News Digital contacted the White House, HHS, the FDA, BIO and SBA Pro-Life America for additional comment.