The White House is more tightly controlling the messaging and policies—including around vaccines—coming from the Department of Health and Human Services ahead of the midterm elections ….
Aides close to President Trump decided to take a more active role in managing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department in the face of polling that shows his vaccine moves are unpopular …. Although Trump brought Kennedy into his administration with the promise that the vaccine skeptic and ultraprocessed-food critic could “go wild on health,” administration officials grew increasingly frustrated with what they viewed as foul-ups inside Kennedy’s department ….
… But Kennedy continues to be in good standing with the president himself, according to people familiar with their relationship.
Trump last month signed an executive order that sought to boost production of the herbicide glyphosate for national-security purposes, angering many in Kennedy’s movement.
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Amid outcry from his MAHA fans, Kennedy voiced disappointment with the executive order. “It’s not something that I was particularly happy with, let me put it that way,” the secretary told podcaster Joe Rogan.
