(NewsNation) — If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lands a White House role in Donald Trump’s second administration, he wants to fulfill the vow he made last month that he’d get processed foods removed from school lunches.
The move would be just another part of Trump’s plan to regulate things such as food and health when he takes office.
However, the message comes as a surprise to some nutrition experts, especially since Trump’s first administration was against stricter food standards for lunches, The Washington Post reported.
Kennedy and Trump bet big on each other, taking a gamble that independents and other coalitions of voters disillusioned with establishment politics would merge to beat Vice President Kamala Harris. That partnership paid off for both men, with a massive Trump win all but ensuring Kennedy was poised to have a prominent role in Washington.
However, no official nomination has been announced yet.
One idea that’s being floated, per a source privy to discussions about Kennedy this cycle, is making him “an adviser that wouldn’t need Senate confirmation, but have a direct line to POTUS.”
Trump said he would let Kennedy “go wild” on the government’s health care systems, a line that his son Donald Trump Jr. also enthusiastically repeated to conservative media after his father’s victory.
Kennedy has most recently claimed he wants to eliminate fluoride in the country’s drinking water supply, concerning health officials who consider adding the mineral chemical a major advancement to preserving teeth.
Trump has been nondescript other than pledging to give Kennedy breathing room to advance some of his health goals. “He wants to go do some things and we’re going to let him go to it,” Trump said in part of his postelection victory address.
The Hill contributed to this report.
