Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, may have to get used to fast food if he serves in the administration.
Kennedy was shown sitting at a table on the “Trump Force One” plane holding a photo of a Big Mac as he, President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump Jr. prepared to dig into a McDonald’s treat. were Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was also in the photo but was not seated.
on sunday, Trump Jr. posted a photo. About the gathering at X, saying “make America healthy starts again tomorrow”, presumably after everyone has eaten burgers and fries.
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While Trump is famously fond of McDonald’s and even ate fries at a franchise during his campaign, Kennedy has advocated healthy eating while also being an anti-vaccine activist and critic of fluoride in drinking water. have been
As for his own eating habits, RFK Jr. has said he avoids processed foods but recently lamented the limited options available while campaigning and traveling.
“Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes on that plane is just poison,” he told podcaster Joe Polish last week. “You have a choice – you don’t have a choice. You’re either given KFC or a Big Mac.”
And that’s if you’re “lucky,” Kennedy added, “the rest of the stuff I consider inedible.”
Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On Saturday night, Kennedy joined Trump, Musk, Johnson and Trump Jr. to watch a UFC fight at Madison Square Garden, where the former and soon-to-be president were welcomed.
Meanwhile, the nomination of RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services has been greeted with much pushback and fears of mass killings of federal workers and agencies deemed unnecessary by Kennedy.
But Dan Troy, the FDA’s former chief counsel during President George W. Bush’s first term, said “seismic changes” within the agency are unlikely.
“Who are you going to accommodate?” He told Reuters. “Who has the technical expertise to write the rules that are really going to change the paradigm?”
