White House to name new CDC Director soon after Donald Trump Susan Monarez fired

US President Donald Trump fired the director of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, on Thursday, August 28, 2025, after which the White House said they would announce the replacement candidate for the role, reports the Reuters news agency. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the media, saying that President Trump has the authority to align those who are not in line with his mission. “The president has the authority to fire those who are not in line with his mission,” Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. Trump fired US President Donald Trump’s director of the CDC, fired Susan Monarez, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Thursday, hours after she refused to resign under pressure from the administration, according to the News Portal NBC News. According to the news release, Monarez said she resisted that she was discharged by the country’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for political reasons after almost a month. “When Susan Monarez, director of the CDC, refused to bump unscientific, reckless guidelines and dedicated health experts, she chose to protect the public over the service of a political agenda. They also claimed that Monarez did not resign or received notice from the White House that she had been fired. The advocates did not respond to the inquiries sent by the news portal. After this, the White House formally terminated the term of the Monarez as the director of CDC. Susan Monarez is not in line with the president’s agenda to heal America again. Since Susan Monarez refused to resign, despite the fact that his leadership of her intention to do so, the White House Kush Desai ended, despite being in the intention to heal America again. At least four top officials, including the chief medical officer Debra Hury, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis, the director of the National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Daniel Jernigan, and the director of the Public Health Data, overseeing and technology.