Could [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] serve inside a potential second Trump administration?
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Trump voters and disaffected Democrats don’t care about the inconsistencies between these two men on climate, abortion, or preserving Obamacare. It’s a simple “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” scenario, even if RFK is promoting the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory and renewing his usual pledge to jail those involved.
And here lies the problem with RFK’s endorsement, which he surely did not make to be made Trump’s ambassador to Afghanistan. He wants the EPA spot.
On policy, it would be an awkward fit. The actions of the Trump administration were at odds with Kennedy’s worldview, most notably when Trump’s EPA reauthorized the weed killer atrazine. Barack Obama’s EPA had pushed a reduction of minimum residue levels to such low levels that this essential herbicide became unusable on American farms.
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If Trump were to get reelected and appoint RFK as head of the EPA, his mantra on crop protection chemicals would hit American farmers hard, most of which practice conventional agriculture, and all of which rely on the protective function of these products to provide reliable yields.
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We know that Trump will at least be including RFK on his White House transition team, so RFK would be picking EPA and HHS staffers if he doesn’t lead an agency himself. This would mean chaos within the administration and chaos on American farms. Perhaps an RFK ambassador gig in Afghanistan wouldn’t be such a bad call for Team Trump.
