RFK Jr. warns he plans to purge entire FDA departments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.A likely political appointee in the new Trump administrationhas already announced its intentions to clean up the departments of the Federal Drug Administration.

On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to let the former independent presidential candidate take over the government’s health, food and drug sectors during his second administration, despite his much-ridiculed obsession with debunked conspiracies.

These agencies may include the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). ).

“There are entire departments, like nutrition at the FDA, that need to go.” Kennedy reported on MSNBC just hours after Trump’s historic victory, saying some agencies weren’t doing their jobs and protecting children.

“Why do we have Fruit Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients and you go to Canada and they have two or three,” he added.

Kennedy, a vaccine advocate, has said he has no plans to eliminate federal agencies if that requires congressional approval, but plans to lay off some senior service industry workers.

The conspiracy theorist has made controversial statements about what he plans to do as a Cabinet minister, including removing fluoride from tap water, considered one of the greatest achievements of the last 100 years.

“I’m not going to force anyone to take it away, but I’m going to inform the water district of their legal responsibilities, their legal obligations to their constituents,” Kennedy told MSNBC, adding that he has no plans to take it away. anyone’s vaccines.

Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign in August and endorsed Trump. He is the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the son of former Senator and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Both men were killed.

Trump has about 70 days to put together a transition plan and has not publicly said what Kennedy’s role will be in his Cabinet. The president-elect is expected to announce his appointees in the coming months.