Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former vaccine skeptic lawyer known for spreading conspiracy theories, as Minister of Health. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the food industry and pharmaceutical companies that have engaged in deception and misinformation when it comes to public health,” President-elect Donald Trump said on his social network Truth Social .
But under RFK Jr’s leadership, the Health Ministry “will play a big role in ensuring that everyone is protected from dangerous chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and food additives that have contributed to the huge health crisis in this country,” he added.
Conspiracy theories and the worm in the brain
According to the president-elect, American health agencies will “reconnect with the traditions of excellence in scientific research” and “return to a model of transparency” with the aim of “ending the epidemic of chronic diseases and restoring its greatness and health to America!” This nomination must still be confirmed by the Senate, which will have a Republican majority.
RFK Jr., 70, nephew of assassinated US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, has no scientific training and is known for spreading conspiracy theories, particularly about Covid-19 vaccines – developed in record time under the Trump administration.
A former respected environmental law lawyer, he ran for president as an independent candidate before joining the Republican billionaire’s campaign. A colorful character, he recounted during the election campaign that he abandoned the corpse of a bear cub in Central Park in New York and one day had to have a worm removed from its brain.
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