How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went from outsider to Cabinet pick

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

96% : At a campaign event in Arizona, Trump called Kennedy "very smart.
68% : "I like him a lot, I respect him a lot," Trump told CNN.
64% : "I would love you to do something," Trump said, without offering further context.
55% : In the recording, posted by his son on social media, the candidate is speaking by phone with Trump, who hints that he wants Kennedy to jump to his side.
45% : It became apparent change was afoot six days later when Trump began to publicly flatter Kennedy, while the Democratic National Convention was in full swing and buoyed by Harris' energetic candidacy.
44% : Trump posted in April on his Truth Social platform.
43% : They recall how Kennedy visited Trump Tower shortly before Inauguration Day in 2017 and proclaimed that Trump would make him chair of a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity.
39% : It eventually became clear that Trump -- as he had so many times before -- was more than willing to strike a strategic alliance with a former adversary.
38% : He weathered yet more embarrassing revelations, but also threw his backing behind Trump.
28% : Trump puts Kennedy in a Cabinet position he cares little about.
16% : Trump is linked to the glamour of the Kennedy name," said Genovese, ticking off factors that may have informed Trump's decision.
16% : Trump gets an anti-science colleague to complement Trump's anti-science sentiments.
8% : "Most of the attention from the story surrounded the dead bear, but it also revealed text messages in which Kennedy called Trump a "terrible human being" and "probably a sociopath."
6% : "Kennedy accused Trump of "a barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims.
3% : Just three days after Trump and Kennedy took the stage together for the first time, Kennedy faced another embarrassing headline.

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