Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, seemed impressed.
Kennedy, who has been advocating life-saving vaccines throughout his life, praised Trump for his commitment to the so-called “Maha” campaign, and insisted that his team of scientists from around the world would find out what caused the “epidemic” of autoantibodies.
“Under your guidance, we will know by September,” Kennedy told the president. “We launched a large-scale test and research effort that will involve hundreds of scientists from around the world. By September, we will know what causes the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate these exposures.”
Kennedy said the autism rate was one in 31 children, and once one in 31,000, and Trump was amazed at the cabinet meeting. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had launched a “study” to determine if vaccination was the cause (not).
“So, this is 10,000 children with autism, and now it's 31, not 31,000, 31,” Trump said. “That's a horrible statistic, isn't it?
It is not clear what Trump's “artificial” means, and it can be imagined, from artificial dyes in food to what he believes, which may refer to anything that exists in the MMR vaccine. Trump has embraced the idea that childhood vaccination is a higher rate of autism, despite repeated debunking of this conspiracy theory. There is no single “reason” for autism, and the idea that you can put a deadline like September on such a complex issue is totally ridiculous.
Trump, who already knows how to create hype for media events, went on to say at a cabinet meeting that there will be no “biglier press conference” when Kennedy reveals the causes of autism in September.
“If you can come up with this answer, stop going to eat, you stop eating or maybe it's a shot, but something is causing it,” Trump said.
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Kennedy talked about other plans ongoing by the Trump regime, including removing “soda” from being purchased through the SNAP benefit program, commonly known as food stamps. The USDA is in charge of SNAP, but Kennedy has previously said he is talking to the agency's Brooke Rollins about the move. The health secretary also insisted that his agency responded well to the historic measles outbreak in Texas, with three Americans dead so far. Kennedy sent mixed information about whether the measles vaccine Americans deserve is extremely effective.
The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA and the CDC, has seen billions of dollars since Kennedy took control of the agency, but the secretary recently revealed that he doesn't know much about what is being cut. But this was not a huge surprise. Kennedy was not qualified to run such a huge bureaucracy.
In fact, from Brooke Rollins, an agricultural secretary who has no agricultural experience to Linda McMahon, an education secretary who has no educational experience, most of Trump’s cabinet does not have jobs. And let’s not forget the so-called head of the government efficiency department, billionaire Elon Musk, who unilaterally, illegally destroyed government plans that he didn’t understand. These people are all hired to destroy the federal government and they will continue to do so until someone stops it.
Unfortunately, no cavalry can save the United States now, especially as Democrats continue to vote to confirm Trump's draft pick. Even Wall Street doesn’t seem to have much swing these days. The president announced on Wednesday that he was suspending some of his big tariffs that he threatened to many countries around the world, which caused stocks to soar in his historic rally, which led him to pause some of the big tariffs. But stocks fell again after it was revealed that Trump still took the full maintenance of 10% tariffs seriously and China's more than 100% tariffs.
