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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

RFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nomination

Man smiles and holds a phone up with several people dressed in formal wear
Robert F Kennedy Jr takes a selfie with guests at the America First Policy Institute gala held at Mar-a-Lago. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has embraced a slew of other debunked health-related conspiracy theories.

In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump claimed that Americans have been “crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies” and that Kennedy “will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again”!

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