Including to his already controversial checklist of decisions for his administration, Donald Trump has put ahead RFK Jr. to be the secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Providers.
Yep, the man who needed to dodge accusations about consuming a canine, admitted to burying a bear cub in Central Park, and is assumed to have decapitated a beached whale, may simply be in control of some of the essential roles within the White Home. The president-elect introduced his choice in a put up on X, coincidentally owned by one other one in all his loyalists, saying the place is “an important function of any Administration” and that RFK Jr. will “restore these Businesses to the traditions of Gold Customary Scientific Analysis.”
Setting apart all that weird animal lore (between him and Kristi Noem, the White Home should be pet-free), RFK Jr.’s choice is regarding for quite a few causes. For starters, the previous impartial presidential candidate — who dropped out of the 2024 race to endorse Trump — is without doubt one of the most outstanding anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists within the nation. Amongst different controversial claims, RFK Jr. has stated that vaccines trigger Autism, that the COVID-19 virus was “genetically engineered,” and that former White Home medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci exaggerated the extent and severity of the pandemic.
When taken with Trump’s suggestion throughout his first time period to inject bleach as a therapy of COVID-19, it appears the potential Division of Well being will take science merely as a light-weight suggestion. Past being an anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr. — who has already accepted his nomination for the place — has beforehand stated on social media that one in all his first strikes will probably be to advise that fluoride be faraway from U.S. water methods, which might in flip create a dental disaster given the mineral’s teeth-strengthening properties.
Trump has stated that he hasn’t mentioned that particular fluoride coverage with RFK Jr., however admitted that “it sounds OK to me.” That Trump’s decision-making course of for consequential well being insurance policies is “sounds OK” is trigger for concern, however his number of RFK Jr. for the function was maybe to be anticipated. Within the ultimate days of his marketing campaign — once we naively hoped we’d seen the final of him on the political stage — the president-elect stated he would let RFK Jr to “go wild” on public well being. Does he imply “wild” like beheading a beached whale? Or “wild” like transporting a roadkill bear cub to Central Park and burying it underneath a motorcycle monitor?
RFK Jr. is solely the newest eye-popping identify to be floated in relation to Trump’s administration. Yesterday, the president-elect put ahead Matt Gaetz for the function of legal professional normal, that means a person at the moment being investigated by the Home Ethics Committee on fees of kid sex-trafficking can be the chief of that exact same government department. In the meantime, Trump nominated canine terminator Noem for the secretary of the Division of Homeland Safety, and tapped Musk to co-lead the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity (get the hell outta DOGE!).
Oh, Trump additionally tapped Tulsi Gabbard — who as soon as shared a tweet calling him a b**** — to change into the subsequent director of nationwide intelligence, in order that’s enjoyable. Whereas his cupboard already reads like my nightmare blunt rotation, if Marjorie Taylor Greene’s identify is even whispered in talks of a possible White Home function, I’ll do an Eva Longoria and flee the U.S. as soon as and for all.
