Saturday 26 November 2022 06:59 AM Former Surgeon General says working for Trump left him 'stigmatized' trends now
Former surgeon general for the Trump Administration, Jerome Adams, has revealed that he has struggled to find a job in 'left-leaning' academia and claims the White House made him delete his wife's post as she recovered from cancer.
Adams, 48, and his wife, Lacey, 46, told the Washington Post that, what they've described as the 'Trump Effect,' has followed them from Washington DC to their home in suburban Indianapolis.
The pair said the effect followed Adams to job interviews, where he would receive 'polite rejections' from university officials worried that someone who worked for former U.S. President Donald Trump would be badly received.
Two years after Adams left office as the 20th surgeon general in the U.S. the couple have said they are feeling it even more acutely since Trump announced he will run for president again.
'[Trump is] a force that really does take the air out of the room,' said Adams.
'The Trump hangover is still impacting me in significant ways [and the 2024 Trump campaign] will make things more difficult for me.'
Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, 48, has revealed that he has struggled to find a job in 'left-leaning' academia after leaving the Trump administration
Adams and his wife, Lacey, believe that they have been affected with what they have dubbed the 'Trump Effect' for the past two years since Adams left the administration
Prior to his appointment, Lacey had said she 'hated Trump' and did not want her husband to leave his life in Indiana, worried there would be a 'lasting stigma.'
Adams has felt his image sealed as Trump's surgeon general, bearing the brunt of the highly-criticized early White House response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 48-year-old believes other surgeon generals were less intensely identified with the president who appointed them.
'It was a lot harder than he thought to find a landing spot because of the Trump Effect,' Lacey said.
For eight months after leaving office, Jerome could not find a job.
The couple started to worry about how they would support their three children, especially since Lacey did not work outside the home.
Adams said people were 'afraid' to touch anything associated with the controversial former U.S. president who, notably made history being impeached, twice.
But added that he was 'not complaining' but rather providing 'context' to his predicament.
