Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated to guide the Well being and Human Companies division, could must get used to quick meals if he serves within the administration.
Kennedy was pictured holding what gave the impression to be a Massive Mac whereas seated at a desk on the “Trump Drive One” airplane as he, President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump Jr. ready to dig right into a McDonald’s feast. Home Speaker Mike Johnson was additionally within the picture however wasn’t seated.
On Sunday, Trump Jr. posted a photograph of the gathering on X, saying “Make America Wholesome Once more begins TOMORROW,” presumably after everybody is completed consuming their burgers and fries.
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Whereas Trump is famously keen on McDonald’s and even dished out fries at one franchise throughout his marketing campaign, Kennedy has advocated wholesome consuming whereas he additionally has been an anti-vaccine activist and a critic of fluoride in ingesting water.
So far as his personal consuming habits, RFK Jr. has mentioned he avoids processed meals however not too long ago lamented the restricted choices accessible whereas campaigning and touring.
“Marketing campaign meals is all the time dangerous, however the meals that goes onto that airplane is, like, simply poison,” he informed podcaster Joe Polish final week. “You may have a selection between — you don’t have the selection. You’re both given KFC or Massive Macs.”
And that’s when you’re “fortunate,” Kennedy added, as “the remainder of the stuff I think about sort of inedible.”
The Trump transition staff didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
On Saturday evening, Kennedy joined Trump, Musk, Johnson, and Trump Jr. to observe a UFC combat at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place the previous and soon-to-be president was greeted with cheers.
In the meantime, RFK Jr.’s nomination as Well being and Human Companies secretary has greeted with a whole lot of push-back in addition to fears of a mass culling of federal employees and companies Kennedy deems pointless.
However Dan Troy, a former chief counsel for the FDA throughout President George W. Bush’s first time period, mentioned there’s unlikely to be “seismic modifications” inside the company.
“Who’re you going to place in place?” he informed Reuters. “Who has the technical experience to jot down these guidelines which can be going to essentially change the paradigm?”
