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Earlier this week, the Washington rumor mill began swirling with reports that RFK Jr. would be dropping his independent presidential bid and tossing his endorsement to Donald Trump. On Friday, he did just that. At the time, I posed the first question that came to mind. What’s in this for Kennedy? After all, Kennedy and Trump (at least in his current, MAGA incarnation) are a rather odd pair of ducks politically who don’t share all that much in common. I first approached the question based on what most competing politicians look for when folding their cards and offering a high-profile endorsement. That would be a cabinet position of some sort, or at least a senior spot with the new president’s staff. But Kennedy doesn’t look like a great fit for either sort of role. But what if Trump was offering something entirely different behind the scenes? Perhaps something like this. While accepting Kennedy’s endorsement and praising him extensively, Trump promised that he would finally release all of the remaining JFK assassination files, and that’s something that RFK has been longing for. (NY Post)
The 45th president slammed the “Harris-Biden administration” for denying Kennedy — who lost his father, the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and uncle, former President John. F Kennedy, to assassinations and faced numerous death threats during his campaign — Secret Service protection until after the Butler, Pa., rally shooting.
As a “tribute” to RFK, Trump announced that if elected he would establish a commission on assassination attempts that would release all federal records related to JFK’s murder.
