Political pundit Chuck Todd is predicting President Trump might take away Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS) amid pushback his insurance policies are receiving from some in Congress.
Throughout an look on CNN this week, Todd known as Kennedy “easily the most unqualified Cabinet sectary” in Trump’s authorities.
“There are people at the White House who have been alarmed by Kennedy, and it’s Trump that says, you know, he’s afraid of losing the Kennedy constituency, and he’s just been letting Kennedy go, letting Kennedy go,” he continued. “At some point, this will break, and I do think he throws Kennedy overboard. But, you know, he loves his trophy.”
The previous “Meet the Press” host stated Kennedy’s title recognition “is the biggest problem they’re running into.”
“There are plenty of people in this White House that know this guy is a disaster,” he continued. “Not simply politically, this man is a catastrophe for all the explanations we’ve been laying out right here.”
Kennedy on Thursday confronted intense grilling from senators over his stance on vaccines and strikes to overtake the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, together with ousting its director.
The HHS chief has lengthy voiced skepticism about vaccines and different well being care mandates, briefly operating for president earlier than dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump within the 2024 election.
