Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a vaccine skeptic, sometimes a conspiracy theorist, and he might just be a part of president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. In August, Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump; that same month, when asked, Trump said he’d “probably” give him a job. “He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy. I’ve known him for a very long time,” Trump said at the time.
Perhaps that job will be in the world of public health. Kennedy’s background photo on X, pictures him and Trump shaking hands, captioned “make America healthy again,” so it’s clearly top of mind. Around two weeks ago, Kennedy posted to X—the social network owned by the world’s richest man Elon Musk, who might have a spot in Trump’s government, too—saying the “FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.”
