Trump set to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services Secretary, bombshell reports claims
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he’s chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
That announcement immediately sent shockwaves through the public health sector – as Kennedy is a prominent anti-vaxxer and has pushed conspiracy theories about a number of health-related topics.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Dr. Ben Carson – a respected surgeon turned 2016 presidential candidate – was in the mix. Carson was also almost chosen for vice president.
But Kennedy boosted Trump’s 2024 run by suspending his independent presidential campaign the day after the Democratic National Convention wrapped up in August – telling his supporters to back the Republican in key swing states.
Kennedy later embraced Trump even more – telling his supporters across the U.S. to back Trump instead – arguing they had a vision to ‘Make America Healthy Again.’
President-elect Donald Trump (right) is expected to announce that he’s chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
The 70-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a picture of himself shirtless during his 2024 independent presidential campaign, trying to prove that he was the pinnacle of health without using vaccines
Kennedy launched his presidential bid in March 2023 as a Democrat – but when he didn’t get much traction in the party, announced a independent run that October.
He’s the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, who were both assassinated in the 1960s.
RFK Jr. reached out to Trump about a potential endorsement on the heels of the president-elect’s own brush with death by a gunman in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th.
Kennedy then traveled to Milwaukee while the Republican National Convention was happening in the days following the July shooting, but cancelled planned counter-programming for his own presidential run as he started up a dialog about joining Trump’s team.
He officially made the announcement the morning after Vice President Kamala Harris officially became the Democratic nominee, knocking some wind out of her sails.
The majority of his famous family was supporting President Joe Biden – and then Harris – with his siblings putting out multiple statements throughout the election cycle expressing their anger and disappointment.
As Kennedy campaigned, he was trailed by curious anecdotes from his past – that a brain worm had embedded itself into his head, that he might have eaten dog in South Korea – which he says was goat in Patagonia – that he disposed of a dead bear cub in Central Park.
He plucked his vice presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan from the pages of the tabloids – as the ex-wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin who reportedly had a marriage-ending tryst with Elon Musk – something both she and Musk deny.
Now Musk is also a key player in Trumpland.
Even after Kennedy bowed out he was followed by drama, when it was revealed that New York Magazine’s top Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was put on leave after confessing to a digital-only affair with RFK.
Nuzzi has since parted ways with the magazine but is still producing headlines over the legal battle with her ex-fiance, Politico Playbook’s Ryan Lizza.
