RFK's claims about people with autism offer a sinister insight into how Trumpism sees us all | John Harris

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : But some of those concerns also apply to the UK, thanks to the ease with which ideas travel, and how Trump and his allies influence politics across the world.
47% : With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.
46% : As well as constant attacks on the public sector that have already hacked back help for autistic people, there is a huge question about what Kennedy's nonsense might mean for other areas of federal government policy, and the kind of MMR-style panics his "answers" on toxins might trigger.
8% : We must be on our guard In the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is "a terrible human being" and "probably a sociopath".

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