RFK Jr. was photographed with a McDonald’s burger on Trump Force One
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 photographed holding something appears to be a Big Mac while sitting at a table on the “Trump Force One” plane as he, President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. Prepare to enjoy a McDonald’s feast. House Speaker Mike Johnson is also in the photo but is not sitting.
On Sunday, Trump Jr. posted a photo of the gathering on Xsays “Making America Healthy Again starts TOMORROW,” presumably after everyone finishes their burgers and fries.
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While Trump is known for liking McDonald’s and even display fries at a franchise during his campaign, Kennedy advocated healthy eating while also being an anti-vaccination activist and vaccine critic. fluoride in drinking water.
Regarding his eating habits, RFK Jr. said he avoids processed foods but recently lamented the limited options available when campaigning and traveling.
“Campaign food is always bad, but the food brought on that plane was like poison,” he said. podcaster Joe Poland last week. “You have a choice between — you don’t have a choice. You are given KFC or Big Mac.”
And that’s if you’re “lucky,” Kennedy added, because “the rest 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 president and soon-to-be president were greeted with cheers.
Meanwhile, the nomination of RFK Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has faced a lot of opposition and concerns about a crisis. mass destruction of federal workers and agencies that Kennedy deemed unnecessary.
But Dan Troy, former chief counsel to the FDA during President George W. Bush’s first term, said there is “Seismic changes” within the agency are unlikely.
“Who will you put in place?” He told Reuters. “Who has the technical expertise to write the rules that will actually change this paradigm?”
