RFK Jr says he’s overcome ‘abhorrence’ for Trump to support him as he recalls suing the former president

Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has overcome feelings of “abhorrence” for Donald Trump in order to support his presidential campaign, as he recalled suing the former president “a couple of times.”

The former attorney and Covid conspiracy theorist said that despite several previous legal clashes with Trump – over golf course planning in New York – the pair had remained friendly.

RFK Jr made the remarks during a prime-time interview with clinical psychologist-turned-TV show host, Dr Phil, which was broadcast on Wednesday. An interview with Trump himself was broadcast the day before.

RFK acknowledged that he would be happier with November’s election going in favor of the GOP than the Democrats, “even though I grew up in the Democratic party and, you know… I had the same kind of orientation towards abhorrence for President Trump, as many Democrats maybe… four years ago.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Dr Phil asked: “If this comes down to independents… and you’ve given your support to the Trump candidacy, do you feel like you may very well be the one that selects the next President of the United States by your influence?”

“That’s possible,” RFK Jr replied.

He continued: “But what we recognized from our polling is that if I stayed in the race, it would have almost certainly swung the race to Vice President Harris, who was trying to throw me off the ballot in all the states. Ironically, I thought that that would not be a good outcome, because I differ with her on all the issues.”

He added that his decision to drop out of the race made it “fair” but that now it was “much more likely” that Trump would win in November.

In his own interview, Donald Trump said he was “honored” by RFK Jr’s endorsement, describing him as “smart” and “a