Department of Agriculture Secretary May Be Key To Implementing RFK Jr.’s MAHA Agenda

Opposition to factory farming and Big Ag are issues that straddle the partisan divide.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leaves the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, August. 20, 2024, at Harrisburg. AP/Matt Slocum

As President Trump announces his cabinet picks, all eyes are on what role, if any, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will play in the upcoming administration and who Trump will nominate for the agencies that govern food and health policy.

Trump promised during the campaign to let Mr. Kennedy “go wild” on health, which is causing an outcry from some medical professionals about his views on vaccines. Then there are Mr. Kennedy’s critiques of the American food system and its impact on obesity and other health issues that have caused American life expectancy to decline in the last decade.

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