Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Billion-Dollar Hit to Big Pharma

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Kennedy provided crucial political support for Trump during the campaign, so it seemed likely that he would get significant influence.
50% : In agreeing to give up to $6.6 billion in grants to the Taiwanese chip-making giant, the White House sought to cement aspects of its plan to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing before Trump takes over.
45% : Trump has now chosen several candidates who are likely to meet skepticism in the Senate, which is constitutionally empowered to weigh in on some senior government positions.
45% : This could be a moot point if Trump gets his wish for recess appointments.
40% : Trump is inheriting an environment where inflation might not go away so quickly, Jamie Dimon, the C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, said on Thursday at the APEC C.E.O. Summit in Peru.
37% : Will Trump, who has repeatedly expressed his preference for lower rates, stand in the Fed's way?
33% : But Trump wants to use a potential legal loophole to bypass the Senate and appoint his cabinet via recess appointments, something that has happened only rarely.
32% : Here are other significant moves:Todd Blanche, a former prosecutor in Manhattan who has defended Trump against multiple indictments, was tapped to be deputy attorney general.
30% : Trump has used high inflation to attack the Biden administration's economic record.
28% : The choice suggests that Trump wants to drastically overhaul U.S. public health policy.
28% : Trump is seeking to give him real power to, in the president-elect's words, help "ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives.
19% : (Separately, Iran gave the Biden administration written assurances last month that it wouldn't seek to assassinate Trump, The Wall Street Journal reports.)

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