Trump Taps Robert F. Kennedy, Jr to Run DC Health Bureaucracy

President-elect Donald Trump continues to send shockwaves through Washington, D.C., and American politics as his proposed cabinet picks bring into clearer perspective what the second Trump administration will look like.

On Thursday, Trump caused an eruption of discontent among the public health bureaucracy with the announcement that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a former independent candidate for president who was once considered for a cabinet post by Democratic President Barack Obama, be nominated to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

“I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),” Trump said. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health.”

RFK, Jr., perhaps the most high-profile critic of the public health bureaucracy both before, during, and after the COVID-19 scare, has already signaled his interest in making tectonic shifts in health policies as well as cracking down on large pharmaceutical interests.

“Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again,” said Trump.

Giving RFK Jr. a role in his second administration was a big promise Trump made during the campaign as part of his Make America Healthy Again agenda.

Kennedy has often spoken on the epidemic of chronic disease in America and the nation’s unhealthiness, pointing to obesity rates, among other things, as evidence.

He has also promised to work to end the use of harmful, highly processed ingredients in the nation’s food supply.

“Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science. I will provide Americans with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families,” said Kennedy.

Kennedy has been a staunch critic of the COVID vaccines and the nation’s response to the virus under both Trump and President Joe Biden.

Left-wing media has long dismissed Kennedy as a conspiracy theorist with baseless concerns.

In addition to Kennedy, Trump has announced the following picks for his cabinet:

• Secretary of State: Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator from Florida
• Secretary of Defense: Pete Hegseth, Fox News host and Army veteran
• Attorney General: Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative from Florida
• Secretary of the Interior: Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Doug Collins, former U.S. Representative
• Secretary of Homeland Security: Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota
• Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Lee Zeldin, former U.S. Representative from New York
• Ambassador to the United Nations: Elise Stefanik, U.S. Representative from New York
• Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. Representative from Hawaii
• Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: John Ratcliffe, former Director of National Intelligence
• White House Chief of Staff: Susie Wiles, senior campaign adviser
• National Security Advisor: Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative from Florida
• Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Stephen Miller, former senior adviser
• ‘Border Czar’: Tom Homan, former Acting ICE Director
• Ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas
• Special Envoy to the Middle East: Steven Witkoff, real estate executive
• Department of Government Efficiency: Elon Musk (Tesla and SpaceX CEO) and Vivek Ramaswamy (entrepreneur)