Will RFK Jr Make America Healthy Again?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
RFK is seen as a controversial choice for Health Secretary, not least because he’s a vaccine sceptic who has also rallied against big pharmaceutical companies, but also because of his attitude to big pharma and medical research. Justin, Marianna and Sarah look in more detail at RFK’s record on public health, what his stance on vaccines means for Americans, and whether he’ll realistically be able to take on America’s big food companies. Also, will he definitely be confirmed - as Health Secretary - by the Senate? How does that process work?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.3 | Sarah Justin, I expect both of you have seen this very viral picture that shows Donald Trump on a plane eating an interesting choice of food with his new posse. |
| 0:16.6 | Yeah, it's an amazing picture and it's been unavoidable for that reason. |
| 0:20.5 | So they're on Trump Force One. |
| 0:22.7 | Donald Trump and his son Don Jr. |
| 0:24.9 | with RFK Jr. and Elon Musk around a table all tucking into Big Macs and fries. |
| 0:31.6 | I mean, it almost looks like an advert for McDonald. |
| 0:33.9 | And RFK Jr. looks like he would rather eat vomit, frankly. |
| 0:38.3 | Here's a man who has spoken out against ultra-processed foods, specifically against McDonald's, |
| 0:42.7 | and he's being made to practically eat his words here on Trump Force One. |
| 0:46.7 | It's some kind of hazing or loyalty test, I assume, from Donald Trump, but he does not look happy about it. |
| 0:52.1 | And he might have passed the test on the plane, |
| 0:59.1 | but my goodness, he is perfectly plain about what he thinks about this food. He was making the point again to the podcaster Joe Polish last week about the experience of eating with Donald Trump. |
| 1:05.6 | The stuff that he eats is really, like, bad. |
| 1:13.6 | It's not, campaign food is always bad, but the food, |
| 1:17.6 | it goes onto that airplane is like just poison. |
| 1:25.6 | You have a choice between, you don't have the choice. |
| 1:29.9 | You're either given KFC or a Big Macs. |
| 1:35.5 | That's like when you're lucky, and the rest of this stuff is, I consider kind of inedible, but I was eating it. |
| 1:45.6 | And that's what we're going to be talking about today. |
| 1:47.3 | Who we're going to be talking about today, RFK Jr. |
| 1:50.2 | The man Donald Trump has appointed to make America healthy again. |
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