
At his rally in Arizona on Friday night, Donald Trump invited Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage and remarked that the independent waged an “extraordinary campaign” just hours after Kennedy had endorsed the former president.
“He had a lot of votes that he could have received with all those that he was receiving… Near the start of his event in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Trump declared, “He will, in my opinion, have a significant impact on this campaign.”
Trump continued by pledging to create a commission on attempted assassinations in Kennedy’s honor if elected. Both Senator Robert F. Kennedy Sr., the father of Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy, the uncle, were slain. Trump declared that the committee will be entrusted with disclosing the last bits of information on the 1963 presidential assassination, information that he withheld from the public throughout his administration.
Kennedy spoke on his conversation with Trump during his speech, mentioning topics that “bind us together,” such as “food safety and putting a stop to the scourge of chronic illnesses.”
Kennedy, a steadfast opponent of vaccines who withdrew his presidential campaign on Friday, questioned, “Are you not in favor of a president who will restore health to the United States?”
Following years of criticism, the collaboration between Trump and Kennedy ushers in a new chapter in their relationship.
Trump has referred to Kennedy as a “liberal lunatic,” a “Democratic ‘plant,'” and a “phony radical left fool,” even though many of his opinions diverge from Democrats’.
In a 2018 Newsweek opinion piece, Kennedy stated that the Trump administration “has rendered our country and the American experiment in self-government completely discredited.”
In another NBC News opinion piece that same year, Kennedy referred to Trump’s ideas as a “discredit to democracy.”
“Instead of actively promoting democracy abroad, President Trump’s efforts have been to reach out to some of the world’s most despotic nations and provide them with support and encouragement,” he stated at the time.
When Kennedy supported Trump on Friday at an event in Phoenix, those opinions seemed to fade. Kennedy declared that in “roughly ten battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler,” he would take his name off the ballot. He did, however, urge voters in the areas where he is still running to cast ballots for him this autumn.
In an interview with NBC News, some Arizonans who had supported Kennedy stated they were now supporting Trump.
Due of Kennedy’s involvement, Scottsdale resident Bruce Brimacombe stated he now intends to vote for Trump.
Brimacombe stated, “It’s not that I won’t vote for Trump just because he is Trump.” “If Bobby can accomplish what he’s been asked to do, I will support Trump in the election. Since doing so will create a platform.”
Casey Westerman, a Trump supporter in 2016 and 2020 who had planned to vote for Kennedy in November, has changed his mind and will now support Trump. The citizen of Chandler will support Trump once more because “I trust Bobby.”