Part of what makes the video notable was the apparent suggestion that Trump and Kennedy are on the same page politically. So why did he try to run as a Democrat?
Trump knows how to go along with conspiracy theory nuts. To win them over.
“When you feed a baby, Bobby, a vaccination that is like 38 different vaccines, and it looks like it’s meant for a horse, not a, you know, 10-pound or 20-pound baby,” the Republican said. “And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically. I’ve seen it too many times. And then you hear that it doesn’t have an impact, right? But you and I talked about that a long time ago.”
This did not sound like a conversation between two rival candidates, competing for the same office. Rather, it came across as a nice, cooperative chat — which probably won’t help the chatter about Kennedy deliberately playing the role of spoiler candidate.
The best-case scenario is that Trump knew what he was saying was nonsense, but he made the comments anyway in the hopes of currying favor with someone whose endorsement he was seeking.
From a public-health perspective, the worst-case scenario is that Trump actually believes what he said —
echoing similar earlier comments — and his prospective second-term administration would govern with such beliefs in mind.
We don't have to wonder what Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about, because a partial recording of candidates' chat leaked.
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