Trump chooses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Doug Collins to run Veterans Affairs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : During his victory speech in Palm Beach, Florida, last week, Trump exclaimed, "Go have a good time, Bobby!"Still, it was unclear precisely what job he would be offered.
62% : The two campaigned together extensively during the race's final stretch, and Trump had made clear he intended to give Kennedy a major role overseeing public health as part of a campaign to "Make America Healthy Again.
59% : He then ran as an independent before abandoning his bid after striking a deal to give Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role overseeing health policy in a second Trump administration.
58% : Trump also announced Thursday that he will nominate Jay Clayton, who served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during his first term, to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
54% : The resulting vaccines were widely credited, including by Trump himself, with saving many lives.
51% : The World Health Organization credits childhood vaccines with preventing as many as 5 million deaths a yearTrump during his first term launched Operation Warp Speed, an effort to speed the production and distribution of a vaccine to combat COVID-19.
50% : "We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform," Trump said in a statement Thursday.
49% : President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.
46% : The Republican served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, and he helped defend Trump during his first impeachment process.
43% : Trump has pushed for fewer inspections of the meat industry, for example.
39% : During the campaign, Kennedy told NewsNation that Trump had asked him to "reorganize" agencies including the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
36% : ""I'm going to let him go wild on health," Trump said at a rally last month.
25% : Trump, in his announcement, said that, under Kennedy, HHS would "play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country."
22% : In an October interview on CNN, Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick assured there was no way Kennedy would receive the job he got.
21% : "For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health," Trump said Thursday in a post on his Truth Social site announcing the appointment.

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