The independent candidate is scheduled to speak amid rumors he’ll end his presidential bid and endorse Trump.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will discuss his “path forward” for his campaign Friday afternoon amid multiple reports saying he will drop out of the race and endorse Trump, and is reportedly interested in a role in the Trump administration, marking an about-face after years of ambivalence — and occasional outright hostility — between Kennedy and Trump.Key Facts
Despite recent public statements of support for one another, Trump and Kennedy, Jr., the two have expressed bitterness for one another in the past: In text messages obtained by The New Yorker earlier this month, Kennedy called Trump a “terrible human being” and said the former president was “probably a sociopath” while attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month.
After Trump called Kennedy a “Radical Left Lunatic” whose votes would be a “WASTED PROTEST VOTE” in April, Kennedy referred to Trump’s comments as “unhinged” and a “barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims” while calling Trump “frightened” to debate him.
Kennedy also said in April Trump “promised to drain the swamp” before he “filled his administration with swamp creatures” and “promised to protect our rights and then torpedoed the Constitution,” in addition to claiming Trump “ran up the biggest debt” in U.S. history during his presidency.
In May 2023, Kennedy said “UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES” would he join Trump on a presidential ticket, as their positions on issues and philosophies “could not be further apart.
