RFK Jr claims Trump has tapped him to join transition team in rambling interview with Tucker Carlson

Donald Trump has asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join his presidential transition team should he be elected in November, the former independent presidential candidatetold Tucker Carlson on Monday evening.

Kennedy, who suspended his long-shot presidential campaign on Friday, has rapidly shifted gears from drawing votes away from Trump to now avowing to “fight” and “work” to get him elected.

His dedication to the Trump campaign is apparently sincere enough that he has been given an important task.

“I’ve been asked to go onto the transition team to help pick the people who will be running the government and I’m looking forward to that,” Kennedy told Carlson.

The presidential transition team is a group of key advisers, tapped by a candidate, to create a smooth transition process from one administration to the next. Those key advisers help the incoming president select more than 4,000 appointees – thousands of whom need Senate confirmation, establish a clear policy agenda and evaluate how federal agencies can assist the president’s goals.

So far, Trump has tapped two of his largest donors to join the transition team. Additionally, his adult sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. as well as vice presidential candidate JD Vance will serve as “honorary” members.

Kennedy’s addition to the team means he will have an acknowledged opinion about who may join Trump’s executive branch and how the administration shapes policy.

The former independent presidential candidate is passionate about combating chronic disease – which he blames on pharmaceutical companies. Famously, Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic and has espoused anti-vax policies that have had real consequences. 

In 2017, Kennedy claimed that Trump tapped him to join his “commission