Secretary Brain Worm: RFK Jr. Tells Trump We’ll Know the ‘Cause’ of Autism by Fall

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the caput of the Department of Health and Human Services, made a bid of absurd statements during a furniture gathering with President Donald Trump connected Thursday, including a assertion that helium would uncover the “cause” of autism by September, teasing the uncover similar a caller merchandise motorboat for the fall. And Trump seemed precise impressed.

Kennedy, who’s worked his full beingness advocating against life-saving vaccines, praised Trump for his dedication to the alleged Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, and insisted that the squad of scientists he’s assembled from astir the satellite would fig retired what was causing an autism “epidemic.”

“At your direction, we are going to cognize by September,” Kennedy said to the president. “We’ve launched a monolithic investigating and probe effort that’s going to impact hundreds of scientists from astir the world. By September we volition cognize what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll beryllium capable to destruct those exposures.”

Kennedy said the autism complaint was 1 successful 31 children portion it utilized to beryllium 1 successful 31,000, numbers that Trump marveled astatine successful the cabinet meeting. News broke past period that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a “study” to find if vaccination is the origin (it is not).

“So it was 1 successful 10,000 children had autism, and present it’s 1 successful 31, not 31,000, 31,” Trump said. “That is simply a horrible statistic, isn’t it? And there’s got to beryllium thing artificial retired determination that’s doing this.”

It’s not wide what Trump meant by “artificial,” which could conceivably notation to thing from artificial dyes successful nutrient to thing helium believes is contiguous successful the MMR vaccine. Trump has entertained the thought that puerility vaccinations are down higher autism rates, though that conspiracy mentation has been debunked repeatedly. There is nary azygous “cause” for autism and the thought that you tin enactment a deadline similar September connected specified a analyzable question is wholly ridiculous.

Trump, who’s agelong known however to make hype for media events, went connected to accidental during the furniture gathering that determination would beryllium “no bigger quality conference,” erstwhile Kennedy reveals the origin of autism by September.

“If you tin travel up with that answer, wherever you halt taking something, you halt eating thing oregon possibly it’s a shot, but something’s causing it,” Trump said.

Kennedy talked astir other programs the Trump authorities was moving on, including removing “soda pops,” from being allowed to beryllium purchased done the SNAP benefits program, commonly known arsenic nutrient stamps. The U.S. Department of Agriculture oversees SNAP, but Kennedy has antecedently said he’s talking to Brooke Rollins astatine that bureau astir the move. The Health Secretary besides insisted his agencies were responding good to the historical measles outbreak successful Texas which has seen the decease of three Americans truthful far. Kennedy has sent mixed messages astir whether the measles vaccine, which is enormously effective, is thing Americans should get.

The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA and CDC, has seen billions successful cuts since Kennedy took power of the agency, but the caput precocious revealed helium doesn’t truly understand what’s being cut. But that shouldn’t travel arsenic a immense surprise. Kennedy does not person the qualifications to beryllium moving specified an tremendous bureaucracy.

In fact, astir of Trump’s furniture are not qualified for their jobs, from the Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins with nary acquisition successful Agriculture to the Education Secretary Linda McMahon with nary acquisition successful education. And let’s not hide the caput of the alleged Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk, who’s unilaterally and unlawfully destroying authorities programs helium doesn’t understand. These radical were each hired to destruct the national authorities and they’re going to support doing that until idiosyncratic puts a halt to it.

Unfortunately, there’s nary cavalry to prevention America close now, particularly arsenic the Democrats proceed to vote to confirm Trump’s picks. Even Wall Street doesn’t look to person overmuch sway with Trump these days. The president made a large media splash connected Wednesday by announcing helium was pausing immoderate of the large tariffs helium had threatened against galore countries astir the world, sending stocks soaring successful a historical rally. But stocks were down again Thursday aft radical revealed Trump was inactive superior astir maintaining a 10% tariff crossed the committee and implicit 100% tariffs connected China.