Donald Trump asks Democrats to vote for RFK Jr in bizarre video

Donald Trump has asked Democrats to vote for independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in a bizarre video posted to Truth Social.

Mr Trump called Mr Kennedy Jr “the most radical left candidate in race” but insisted that he was “a better man” than his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.

“But he’s got some nice things about him, I happen to like him,” Mr Trump added, before referencing RFK Jr’s one-time support for the so-called “Green New Scam”, a reference to the Democrat-proposed Green New Deal that aimed to tackle climate change.

Mr Trump went on to say that Mr Kennedy Jr should “take votes away from crooked Joe Biden”.

“If I were a Democrat, I’d vote for RFK Jr every single time over Biden, because he’s frankly more in line with Democrats,” the former president claimed.

However, despite his family’s close historical ties to the Democratic party, polls showthat far more Republicans than Democrats have a favourable opinion of RFK Jr, according to the Associated Press.

Mr Trump’s apparent push for Democrats to vote for Mr Kennedy Jr has come days after the independent candidate’s campaign staffer let it slip in an insinuation that she believed the purpose of Mr Kennedy Jr’s campaign was to take away votes from Mr Biden.

Rita Palma’s contract with the campaign had been terminated for “misrepresentation”, amid controversy that she told GOP voters that her“number one priority” was to get rid of Mr Biden by driving Democratic votes to Mr Kennedy Jr and encouraging them to volunteer for Mr Trump.

She also self-identified as the New York state director of RFK Jr’s campaign, yet a spokesperson later clarified that she was just a “ballot access consultant”.

The spokesperson for the campaign also said Ms Palma was not speaking at a