
Whether he's fueling vaccine hesitancy, comparing autism to the holocaust or calling Lyme disease a "military weapon", Robert F Kennedy Jr is no stranger to inciting mixed and strong reactions to his views. But he might have been a little surprised by the uproar of his recent choice of hiking gear.
The internet has been roasting the US Secretary of Health and Human Services after he shared an image on social media of himself hiking in sweltering heat wearing jeans. The July 19 post on X showed Kennedy standing at the top of Camelback Mountain with his son Finn wearing dark blue denim and a sweat-soaked green T-shirt.