Trump Picks RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “thrilled to announce” Robert F. Kennedy Jr as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a statement on social media. “HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country,” Trump wrote on Nov.

14. The HHS, created in 1979, oversees 13 separate agencies. The most well-known of these are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health.



“If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags,” Kennedy wrote.

HHS is currently led by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra.

Becerra was formerly a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and California’s attorney general.

Kennedy, who first announced he was running for president on the Democratic Party ticket in April 2023 and then switched to an independent bid in October 2023, suspended this presidential campaign in August and endorsed Republican Party nominee Trump. Kennedy, who is the son of former U.S.

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is the founder of Children’s Health Defense (CHD).

The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, according to its website, works to end “childhood health epidemics by eliminating toxic exposure.” The CHD website highlights potential problems linked to vaccines administered to children under the recommendation of the CDC. The organization questions whether that vaccine regimen is linked to children’s health problems.

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