Trump & RFK link Autism to Acetaminophen being taken during Pregnancy

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Setting: President Trump held a press conference after attending Charlie Kirk’s funeral, teasing it as a “major announcement” on autism and public health.
Main Claim: Trump and RFK Jr. asserted that acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of autism in children. Trump directly warned against taking Tylenol while pregnant, except in extreme cases of high fever.
Autism Statistics (as presented by Trump):
- Historical rates cited: 1 in 20,000 → 1 in 10,000 → 1 in 31 overall today, and as high as 1 in 12 among boys in some regions (e.g., California).
- He described this increase as “artificial” and linked it to medication and vaccines.
Specific Policy Steps Announced:
- FDA to issue warnings and update labeling for acetaminophen, cautioning its use during pregnancy.
- NIH, FDA, CDC, and CMS to coordinate a new effort investigating potential environmental, pharmaceutical, and vaccine links to autism.
- New grant funding (13 awards) through NIH’s Autism Data Science Initiatives.
Other Health Proposals Trump Raised:
- Vaccines: suggested spacing them out, avoiding certain ingredients (mercury, aluminum), giving MMR separately, and delaying hepatitis B vaccination until age 12.
- Treatment: referenced new findings suggesting folate deficiency in children may contribute to autism, with therapies under research.
RFK Jr.’s Role:
- He emphasized that past autism research was too focused on genetics and ignored environmental/toxic exposures.
- Supported Trump’s push to investigate acetaminophen, vaccines, and other potential causes.
- Announced NIH/FDA would pursue depoliticized research, new label warnings, and public education campaigns.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.2	President Donald Trump making sure he gets back to business after the funeral of Charlie
0:11.0	Kirk yesterday and decided that he was going to make a big announcement at the White House.
0:16.3	He teased this in Arizona at the Memorial Service, that there would be a major announcement
0:22.2	on a medical issue specifically dealing with autism. The president saying there's people
0:27.9	that have been waiting 20 years for this press conference, and so the president decided
0:33.2	to have RFK Jr. come in with other medical experts around him and talk about the new findings.
0:40.3	Here's the president in his own words.
0:43.3	Thank you very much. So I've been waiting for this meeting for 20 years, actually. And
0:50.3	it's not that everything's 100% understood or known, but I think we've made a lot of strides.
0:57.0	I wish it was done a long time ago.
1:00.0	Today we're delighted to be joined by America's top medical and public health professionals
1:05.0	as we announced historic steps to confront the crisis of autism.
1:10.0	Horrible, horrible crisis. I want to thank the man who
1:16.6	brought this issue to the forefront of American politics along with me. And we actually met in my
1:23.6	office, is it like 20 years ago, Bobby? It's probably 20 years ago in New York. I was a developer,
1:31.2	as you probably heard. I always had very strong feelings about autism and how it happened and
1:35.6	where it came from. And he and I, I don't know, the word got out and I wouldn't say that people were very understanding of where we were, but it's turning out that we understood a lot more than a lot of people who studied it, we think.
1:54.2	And I say we think because I don't think they were really letting the public know what they knew.
1:59.7	Thanks as well to the Director of the National Institute of Health, Dr. J. Badacharya.
2:06.1	FDA Commissioner, Dr. Marty McCarrar.
2:08.4	These are great people, administrator of the Centers for Medicine and Medicaid Services,
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