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# Trump as President May Tap RFK for FDA Head
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/trump-as-president-may-tap-rfk-for-fda-head/
- Published: 2024-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:45:28.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5158080

Former president **Donald Trump** appears to be elevating former presidential candidate and now supporter **Robert F. Kennedy**, Jr’s role in his new administration if Trump wins the upcoming election. In September, Kennedy told former Fox News talk show host **Tucker Carlson** that he had been asked by Trump to serve on his transition team to recommend people to head FDA, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Health ([see earlier story](https://www.fdaweb.com/rfk-jr-to-recommend-trump-health-agency-heads/)).

On Sunday (10/27) during a rally in New York, [Trump said](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-trump-says-he-would-let-anti-vaccine-advocate-rfk-jr-go-wild-on-health-222810181633?ref=fdaweb.com) he plans to let anti-vaxxer Kennedy direct the nation’s health policy if he wins. “I’m going to let him go wild on health, I’m going to let him go wild on the food, I’m going to let him go wild on medicines,” Trump said. Based on these statements, Trump might nominate Kennedy as FDA commissioner or Health and Human Service secretary.

In reaction to the rally statements, Trump’s former surgeon general, **Jerome Adams**, warned that Kennedy would hurt America’s health. Adams said at a medical conference on 10/28 that if “RFK has a significant influence on the next administration, that could further erode people's willingness to get up to date with recommended vaccines, and I am worried about the impact that could have on our nation's health, on our nation's economy, on our global security,” *New York Times* reporter **Sheryl Gay Stolberg** noted on X.