Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s future looks promising if former President Donald Trump walks away with a win after Tuesday’s election.
Trump told NBC News in a phone interview Sunday that Kennedy will play a “big role in the administration.” Trump added he is open to Kennedy’s controversial views on health.
Kennedy has long decried the dire effects on vaccines and their link to autism even though studies have proven otherwise.
Trump said he wouldn’t rule it out banning some vaccines if he wins the White House.
“Well, I’m going to talk to [Kennedy] and talk to other people, and I’ll make a decision, but he’s a very talented guy and has strong views,” Trump said.
The Republican presidential nominee would not say what exact role Kennedy would play in his administration.
“He can do anything he wants,” Trump said Thursday at an event in Arizona.
Kennedy was “going to work on health and women’s health,” Trump said.
He may have a role in battling “chronic childhood disease,” two sources within the Trump campaign told NBC News.
Kennedy tweeted on Saturday the Trump administration would try to ban fluoride in water since it is “industrial waste” and leads to cancer and other diseases.
“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump said Sunday when asked about that strategy. “You know, it’s possible.”
Public health organizations support fluoridation in water and state it is safe.
Other members of Trump’s team have agreed with some of his views recently.
Just last week, Howard Lutnick, co-chairman of the Trump transition team, questioned whether vaccines were “fine.”
On an episode of the “The Joe Rogan Experience” last week, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s running mate, talked about being skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Kennedy was seeking the White House himself by running as an independent. He eventually dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump.
