Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Donald Trump have teamed up, with Kennedy vowing to continue tackling issues he’s passionate about—including addressing what he says is a chronic disease epidemic. Kennedy may have the chance to do that from a leadership position if Trump is elected.
More on politics. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Trump have teamed up.
What will Kennedy supporters do on Election Day?
And Kennedy has vowed to tackle issues he's passionate about.
Will he have the chance to do that in a leadership position if Trump's elected?
I wanted to find out more about this,
so I spoke to Jeff Lauderback, a reporter for The Epoch Times. Check it out.
Well, RFK Jr. supporters from the beginning have been loyal to him because of his stances on
medical freedom, on ending the chronic disease epidemic, focusing on children's health,
focusing on ending corporate, what he calls corporate capture of government agencies.
And if you listen to his speech on August 23rd, he talked about that, how that was a main driver.
He didn't feel that with the DNC lawsuits and the mainstream media, what he called the mainstream
media suppression, that he had a path to victory. And he's so committed and so devoted to wanting
to end the chronic disease epidemic and focus on children's health that he felt, I mean,
simply put, he felt that he needed to make the sacrifice to step out as a presidential candidate,
back Trump, who he said he aligns with on most issues.
And Trump had said, you know, you're hearing the Make America Healthy Again slogan.
So it's a matter, the voters are, they want that to happen. They're a little reluctant because
Trump said he would focus on children's health and chronic diseases in his first term, and he
didn't. But they're hopeful that, right, in this term he does if he's elected.
Yeah. And building off what you're saying there, Jeff, Kennedy made a goal of making America
healthy again, like he said, and he wants to end what he calls a chronic disease epidemic,
like you were saying. And he also wants to really make sure that free speech is upheld.
And Kennedy's hoping that if Trump's elected, he's going to follow through on his word to
prioritize these things and have Kennedy spearhead some of these things. And he says these diseases
are demoralizing and bankrupting the country, and he only needs two years, he says, to fix all that.
Well, it's interesting. I've had a lot of one-on-one interviews with
RFK Jr. over the last 15 months covering this campaign. I talked to him on the phone for 20
minutes yesterday, and he was talking about how his internal polling showed 57 percent
of his supporters would back Trump in the battleground states, those 10 battleground
states, if he left the race. So again, it goes back to him wanting to tackle this chronic disease
epidemic and improve children's health. And the path he believes to do that is by aligning with
Trump and hopefully, in his eyes, Trump naming him to a post that would allow him to do that.
Secretary of Health and Human Services is one possible post. He didn't say that, I'm speculating.
I believe HHS manages 13 agencies, and he would be able to make an imprint there.
There's been speculation that he could be attorney general. There's been speculation
he could head one of the three-letter agencies. And if it's the FDA, the NIH,
he would be able to tackle those issues. So the voters, his supporters, the supporters I've talked
to, some are reluctant to trust Trump, but others want to see RFK be able to tackle those issues,
so they plan on supporting him. It's a really great update from you. I know you've done a lot
reporting on this. Jeff Lauderback, reporter for The Epoch Times. Thank you.
