I was wondering what folks were saying about Donald Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Food & Health Czar. Food wasn’t a high-priority in the recent US election campaign. But folks sure are talking about RFK Jr. and food NOW!
I was flabbergasted when I saw this photo of RFK Jr., Trump, Trump Jr. Elon Musk and Mike Johnson preparing to feast on Burgers and Fries in-flight to New York City…
Are they for real?
It’s bad enough that he president elect is a known junk food abuser. But his new Health Czar, RFK Jr. also seems to be addicted. This in spite of RFK’s vow to fight Fast Food and the mass medical and social ills it contributes to.
What’s worse, if it could have been imagined that was possible, is that RFK is the only member of the group pictured with a beverage. And it’s a Coke. And it isn’t even Diet. Saturday Night Live couldn’t have done a better job of setting up the photo op – for maximum laughs, and ultimate scorn!
Anyway…
I found so much stuff – comment and reaction from every corner of the health and food spheres – that I decided to just save you the trouble of Googling it for yourself…
On the appointment, itself…
‘Four more years of chaos’ or a ‘historic opportunity’? Food & ag organizations on Trump victory
Trump names RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, as U.S. Health Secretary
RFK Jr. as head of HHS panics many in medical science community
On RFK Jr.’s plans to ‘Make America Healthy Again’…
RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ has health experts worried
RFK Jr.’s vow to take on Big Food could face resistance
On RFK Jr.’s position re.- Fast Food…
Trump makes RFK Jr. pose with McDonald’s meal
RFJ defends Fast Food as part of ‘America’s Culture’
On import/export relations…
Trump 2.0 brings ramifications for Canada’s agri-food sector
My take
In the proverbial nutshell… It appears that the appointment of RFK Jr. as Trump’s new Health & Food Czar has just about everybody everywhere worried – to a greater or lesser extent.
The good news is, there’s simmering resistance – if not outright opposition to many of his widely reported ‘promises’, particularly in his own country, and at the highest levels.
In that vein, we’ll be taking closer, more-detailed looks at some of the foregoing issues in the days to come, with special emphasis on the broader import/export and global climate pictures.
One thing is for sure: The next 4 years will be just as busy as the last for Foodsphere journalists like me…
~ Maggie J.