Trump says he'll let RFK Jr. 'go wild' on health and food in potential second term
Former President Trump said Sunday that he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "go wild" in dealing with issues related to food, medicine and health in a potential second administration.
"I’m going to let him go wild on health. I’m going to let him go wild on the food. I’m going to let him go wild on the medicines," Trump told supporters at Madison Square Garden.
"The only thing I don’t think I'm going to let him even get near is the liquid gold that we have under our feet," he added, referring to oil.
Kennedy ran an independent White House campaign before dropping out in August and and endorsing Trump.
Kennedy, who has led an initiative for the Trump campaign dubbed “Make America Healthy Again," has long drawn criticism for his anti-vaccine comments. He has spoken about the proliferation of processed foods and additives, and he has worked as an environmental lawyer.
Medical experts have raised concerns about Kennedy's potential influence in a future Trump administration.
Kennedy has denied being against vaccines outright but has long peddled debunked conspiracy theories about them. At a congressional hearing last year, he denied telling people to avoid getting vaccinated, but two years earlier he said on a podcast that he regularly tells strangers not to vaccinate their babies. And on CNN in December, he denied saying no vaccines are “safe and effective,” despite having said exactly that in an interview last July.
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