Trump Declares He ‘Didn’t Wanna Fire a Kennedy!’ — Amid Reports He’s Been Thinking of Doing Just That

While speaking alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in the Oval Office Monday, President Donald Trump insisted that he “couldn’t fire a Kennedy” — despite insistence from within the House that he “must” do exactly that and reports that indicate he’s contemplated it.

Kennedy touted lowered drug prices during his speech.

“We are lowering prices dramatically so Americans won’t be paying, instead of Americans paying the highest price in the world, the lowest prices of any developed nation in the world,” he told reporters. “This couldn’t have happened under any other president except for this one. Everybody tried, sincerely, both Bushes, President [Joe] Biden, President [Barack] Obama.”

Kennedy added, “They were unable to do it because of the inertia that is built into the system to prevent this reform from happening. President Trump has said before, called me and [Dr.] Oz on every hour of the day and made it very clear that our jobs were dependent on this getting through.”

The president then interjected, “I could not fire a Kennedy.  I couldn’t. The thought of firing this guy — I was president — wasn’t going to do that.”

Kennedy then said the conversations were “very emotional.”

On Aug. 28, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) called on Trump to fire Kennedy due to his “attacks on vaccine science and public health.”

Beyer said in a statement, “President Trump must fire Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he further endangers millions of American children, mothers, and families. If Trump does not remove Kennedy before this kook fully unleashes his crackpot conspiracy theories on America’s vaccination efforts, Trump will bear the responsibility for the unnecessary and preventable illnesses and deaths that result.”

He added:

Kennedy has already shown that he is incapable of running this agency by his appalling callousness towards the workforce he leads following the recent attack on the CDC. As Dr. Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer suggested, that attack was inspired by the very anti-vaccine quackery Kennedy and others have peddled.

Vaccines are safe, and they are essential to saving lives and ensuring that children are healthy and protected. RFK Jr.’s threat to vaccines represents a clear and present danger to the health and wellbeing of ordinary Americans, and any mentally capable president would recognize that and remove him at once.

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