Trump Camp Reportedly Rejected RFK Jr’s Offer To Trade An Endorsement For Government Position

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held talks with Donald Trump’s team about a potential endorsement and job in the former president’s second administration, according to a report from The Washington Post .

The Post’s Josh Dawsey and Michael Scherer , citing four people familiar with the situation, reported on Monday that conversations about a Kennedy Jr. endorsement began shortly after the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this month.

“I have a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months. Instead they have allocated millions to try to disrupt my campaign,” Kennedy Jr. said.

The independent presidential candidate would only say about the conversations that “I am willing to talk to anybody from either political party who wants to talk about children’s health and how to end the chronic disease epidemic.”

He insisted he is continuing his presidential campaign.

According to the report from the Post , there were “concerns” among Trump advisors that Kennedy Jr. could be too problematic.

“President Trump met with RFK and they had a conversation about the issues just as he does regularly with important figures in business and politics because they all recognize he will be the next president of the United States,” a Trump spokesperson said.

Kennedy Jr. previously apologized after a video was posted to social media that included a portion of a phone call he had with the former president after the assassination attempt. In interviews this week, Kennedy Jr. has accused the Democratic Party of having a “rigged” primary system following President Joe Biden announcing he’s dropping from his reelection campaign.