Trump tasks son’s hunting pal with keeping the US food supply safe | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/kyle-diamantas-fda
Here’s the Vanity Fair article:
Late last week, amid mass purges of key personnel at the nation’s #health agencies, a Florida attorney with a surprisingly slim résumé was named acting deputy commissioner for human #foods at the #FDA.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/food-safety-donald-trump-jr-kyle-diamantas-hunting-buddy
The role, which is NOT subject to #Senate approval, is an important one. In it, Kyle Diamantas, 37, will be responsible for ensuring the safety of ~80% of the nation’s food supply. The already-overtaxed division is vital to #PublicHealth, responsible for everything from overseeing the complex manufacturing of #InfantFormula to responding to deadly bacterial #contamination & managing food supplies in the wake of hurricanes & floods.
Diamantas’s LinkedIn profile is a study in brevity. He received a #law degree from the University of Florida in 2013. He started his next-listed job, as an atty at the law firm Jones Day in Miami, in 2021, ascending to partner last year.
…Diamantas’s limited experience for such a major #regulatory position…appears to have been offset by another significant qualification. …[He] is a friend & hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., #Trump’s firstborn son….