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BumRushDaShow

(173,297 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 07:47 PM 19 hrs ago

RFK Jr's relationship with White House 'non-existent' as insiders claim he's next for Trump chop

Source: The Independent

Friday 19 June 2026 10:37 EDT


Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s relationship with the White House has become “non-existent,” fueling speculation that he could be the next member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to get the ax, according to a report. Kennedy, the de facto face of the so-called Make America Healthy Again movement, has become a polarizing figure at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rumors have been swirling for months that Trump has “had it” with Kennedy, according to Puck News, while the MAHA Action group is said to be “despondent over Kennedy’s diminished standing inside the White House,” the outlet reports, citing a source who works with the movement.

Part of the frustration reportedly stems from criticism that the health secretary has undermined longstanding vaccine policies, which have generated a slew of negative headlines, as well as carrying out “draconian cuts” to the department.

​Several sources told the publication that Kennedy’s remaining time in office is limited. Some said that he could go after the midterms, while others said he could in the coming months. ​

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-kennedy-trump-health-human-services-b2998966.html

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Blasphemer

(3,632 posts)
1. Huh? Isn't he doing what he was appointed to do?
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 07:49 PM
19 hrs ago

I can't stand RFK Jr. and I have no sympathy for his "plight" but the given reasoning makes no sense.

BumRushDaShow

(173,297 posts)
3. Might be CDC disfunction and vaccine blowback
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 07:58 PM
19 hrs ago

Big pharma found themselves suddenly a target and I expect they finally ponied up the extortion money to free themselves.

erronis

(24,887 posts)
4. I think the WH is flailing, looking for easy targets to throw off the blimp.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 07:59 PM
19 hrs ago

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Expect to see wholesale defenestrations with more christo-fascist con artists rising to the top of the trump cesspool.

Grokenstein

(6,451 posts)
5. NOTHING about piggy makes sense.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:14 PM
18 hrs ago

I'd call it "Piggy's Knife in the Back" rather than "The trump Chop"--I'd save that for the day pig finds HIS head on the block.

paleotn

(23,028 posts)
7. Not really. There is no plan of any kind. Donnie doesn't do plans.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:25 PM
18 hrs ago

He's a knee jerk kind of guy who does whatever pops into his head at the time. He appoints unqualified people to jobs just because they say nice things about him. But he's quick to can them if they make him look bad. Which isn't hard to do when said people are grossly unqualified and their boss is a complete moron.

paleotn

(23,028 posts)
6. Maybe. But I think it's Whiskey Pete who's next on the chopping block.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:22 PM
18 hrs ago

Someone's got to take the fall for the Iran disaster. Ain't going to be Donnie. He'll blame it all on Petey boy for DoD failing to accomplish an impossible mission. But whoever it is, there won't be any tears shed. Just a lot of pointing and laughing!

karynnj

(61,215 posts)
12. I don't think so
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:43 AM
4 hrs ago

The problem is Trump will not blame the "strongest military in the world" not will he blame himself for initiating a war of choice.

Instead, he is arguing that everything was necessary to bring about the greatest Iran deal ever. That has been what he is saying even as the ceasefire itself is very shaky. He does not care that every expert has written that in spite of leaders killed and extensive bombing, Iran is more powerful that before Netanyahu and Trump initiated this war of choice by killing many of their leaders.

This is the reality TV President and to him all that needs to happen is to have his media chorus echo his unbelievable story and to do more to silence any dissent.

twodogsbarking

(19,756 posts)
11. Don Jr. applied for the job stating that he has snorted more cocaine off a terlet seat than RFKjr and he is stupid too.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:29 AM
5 hrs ago
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