The impartial candidate for the presidency of United States Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held talks this month with the previous president Donald Trump to assist his marketing campaign and take a place within the White Home if the Republican wins the election, The Washington Put up reported on Tuesday.
On this hypothetical second Trump administration, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy may have a portfolio associated to well being points, the newspaper provides, citing 4 folks near the negotiations as sources.
The talks, which started hours after the tried assassination of Trump at a rally on July 13, didn’t end in a concrete settlement, as the previous president’s entourage was involved in regards to the problems of promising a job in change for political assist, the Put up mentioned.
In line with these sources, Kennedy and Trump agreed to satisfy in particular person in Milwaukee early final week throughout the Republican Nationwide Conference.
Their discussions included attainable positions Kennedy may obtain in a second Trump administration, both on the Cupboard stage or positions that don’t require Senate affirmation. The dialogue additionally included the opportunity of Kennedy dropping out of the race and supporting Trump, the sources instructed the Put up.
Though the talks ended with out an settlement, some sources didn’t rule out that the Republican marketing campaign desires so as to add the impartial candidate to its ranks.
“All I’ll say is that I’m keen to speak to anybody from any political celebration who desires to handle youngsters’s well being and how you can finish the epidemic of power illness.”Kennedy mentioned Monday in an interview recalled by the newspaper.
The impartial candidate, who’s at present under 10% in voting traits, added that Trump has been extra open with him than the Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC for its acronym in English).
“I’ve a number of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody on the DNC, prime or backside, has reached out to me in 18 months. As a substitute, they’ve spent thousands and thousands attempting to derail my marketing campaign,” which he mentioned he desires to proceed, the newspaper added.
Kennedy, 70, has develop into one of many main voices of the anti-vaccine motion within the US with the assistance of the group Youngsters’s Well being Protectionof which he’s founder and president. EFE (I)
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