Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime conspiracy theorist and opponent of vaccines, now has the ear of President-elect Donald Trump to promote what he’s calling the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
It’s something of an unlikely alliance between the Kennedy family scion, once a celebrated environmental champion who called for prosecuting climate change deniers, and the returning Republican leader.
What they share, however, is a profound distrust of institutions. In the final stretch of the campaign, Trump announced that RFK Jr. would “have a big role in health care” if he won.
The announcement immediately raised alarm, given Kennedy’s reputation as a notorious vaccine skeptic.
Not long ago, though, Kennedy was a high-powered climate attorney and was even in the mix to become former president Barack Obama’s environment chief.
This makes him a complex figure, some experts say, who brings some valuable ideas to the table.
In recent days, he’s …