RFK Jr. pitched job in the White House as he considered endorsing Trump: report

Robert F Kennedy Jr is running for the presidency as an independent, but he has reportedly discussed ending his campaign and endorsing his Republican rival Donald Trump in exchange for a job in his administration.

Kennedy recently spoke with Trump to discuss the possibility of dropping out of the race and throwing his support to the former president, according to The Washington Post, citing four people familiar with the talks.

Trump called Kennedy in the hours after Trump was nearly killed in an apparent assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, and he floated the possibility of a cabinet-level position or other senior role charged with health and medical issues, according to The Post.

No deal was made, and Trump’s team was reportedly concerned about the optics of a quid pro quo.

Kennedy and Trump have not denied that they spoke but neither campaigns have confirmed any job offers were laid on the table.

Kennedy and Trump also made plans to meet in Milwaukee during last week’s Republican National Convention, according to The Post.

In a leaked video clip of a portion of a call between Trump and Kennedy circulated on social media last week, Trump can be heard detailing the shooting and echoing vaccine conspiracy theories that have reverberated around Kennedy’s campaign and political career. Trump also said working with him would be “big.”

“Anyway, I would love for you to serve,” Trump tells Kennedy on the call. “I think it would be so good for you and so big for you. And we’re gonna win — we’re gonna win — we’re way ahead of the guy.”

Kennedy later said he was “mortified” that the clip was leaked.

“When President Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer,” he wrote on X. “I should have ordered the videographer