Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link
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Ardent anti-vaccine activist and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly on thin ice with Trump for not being anti-vaccine enough for the president's liking, according to a report late Monday from The Wall Street Journal . Trump has become fixated on the completely false, thoroughly debunked cla
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Ardent anti-vaccine activist and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly on thin ice with Trump for not being anti-vaccine enough for the president's liking, according to a report late Monday from The Wall Street Journal .
Trump has become fixated on the completely false, thoroughly debunked claim that vaccines cause autism, the Journal reported.
People familiar with the president's scattered thinking say Trump wants an autism remedy to be part of his legacy and thinks scaling back childhood vaccinations is a way to secure that achievement.
As such, he has grown frustrated and disappointed that Kennedy hasn't done more to cut back federal childhood vaccine recommendations or confirm a link to the neurodevelopmental disorder.
In May, the president reportedly aired his disappointment, calling out Kennedy for having "the yips" that were preventing him from acting on his zealous anti-vaccine agenda while holding the highest health position in the country.
In June, Trump reportedly vented in the Oval Office to Kennedy that he wasn't doing enough. Read full article Comments
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