Key Points
"Im going to let him go wild on health, former president Donald Trump said of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his Madison Square Garden rally in New York City this past weekend..
According to a CNN report that ran late Tuesday, Kennedy said Trump promised him control of the public health agencies, but in an email to WIRED on Wednesday, Steven Cheung, Trumps campaign communications director, said that formal discussions of who will serve in a second Trump administration are premature...
When asked to elaborate on Kennedys health priorities, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, the former candidates campaign director and daughter-in-law, told WIRED: Bobby aims to end conflicts and corruption at the agencies, ensure all testing is undertaken by scientists who have no financial interest in the outcome, and all results of all trials are released to the public..
Jerome Adams, US surgeon general under Trump and current executive director of health equity initiatives at Purdue University, says that even if Kennedy were tapped to lead HHS, the FDA, or the CDC, its unlikely that he would ascend to one of those roles due to his lack of medical training and controversial views on public health issues..
Without congressional vetting and oversight, there is potential for unchecked impact. RFK's views could shape health policies, raising concerns about misinformation and harm, Adams says.. Karoline Leavitt, national press secretary for the Trump campaign, told WIRED in an email that if reelected, Trump will establish a special Presidential Commission of independent minds and will charge them with investigating what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic illnesses..
