Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Trump announced his pick for the Cabinet position on Truth Social, his social network, on Thursday afternoon, saying he was "thrilled" to nominate Kennedy to lead the department.
42% : The nomination cemented the unlikely alliance between Trump and the scion of Democratic Party royalty, who suspended his third-party campaign to endorse the Republican this summer.
40% : "Kennedy joins other fringe figures whom Trump has announced for top-level posts, including far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz -- who has his own history of antisemitic remarks -- for attorney general and Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense.
35% : Shortly before the election, Trump had assured him that, if elected, he would let the longtime vaccine skeptic "go wild on health."
35% : Among the areas that would be under Kennedy's purview at the department: the Food and Drug Administration; Medicare and Medicaid; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; agencies dealing with substance abuse, mental health and toxic substances; and the office of U.S. Surgeon General.
18% : "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 wrote.

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