
Italian Doctor Trolls Trump, RFK Jr. With Message About Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics Surgeries
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Matteo Bassetti said the U.S. ski superstar should explain one thing to the president and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A prominent Italian doctor swiped at President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in social media posts praising the medical care that injured American skiing star Lindsey Vonn received in Italy after crashing out of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Matteo Bassetti — the head of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Policlinico San Martino University Hospital in Genoa and a former Yale University School of Medicine scholar — began his post on Instagram by sending Vonn his “best wishes for a speedy recovery” following her return to the United States.
See the post here.
But he then added a pointed dig at Trump and Kennedy, and the overall situation surrounding healthcare in the U.S.:
“Vonn was able to appreciate Italy’s extraordinary public healthcare system, which took care of her with three surgical procedures. In Italy, unlike in her country, we take care of everyone: rich or poor, VIPs or nobodies, Americans or Italians. If she gets the chance, she should explain to Trump and Kennedy Jr. what it means to take care of those who are ill.”













