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BumRushDaShow

(143,996 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:36 AM Oct 16

RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected

Source: AP

Updated 5:15 PM EDT, October 15, 2024


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suggesting he will have significant influence on American agriculture policy if Donald Trump is elected president, the latest in a series of roles he has envisioned for himself in a second Trump administration. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist who ran for president as an independent before endorsing Trump, on Monday posted a video on social media that he filmed outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington.

“Corporate interests have hijacked the USDA dietary guidelines to make natural unprocessed foods merely an afterthought. That’s one reason why 70% of the American diet now consists of ultraprocessed food. We’re going to change that,” Kennedy said, before listing off a series of policy ideas that would seem to run counter to much of what Trump’s Agriculture Department did in his first administration.

“When Donald Trump gets me inside the building I’m standing outside of right now, it won’t be this way anymore. American agriculture will come roaring back, and so will American health.”

The Trump campaign has said in a statement that formal discussions of who would serve in a second Trump administration are “premature.” But the former president himself has said at recent rallies that RFK Jr. is someone who could help his administration if he wins.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/rfk-usda-trump-agriculture-election-fda-c15c96af05f2b0f48521410578f2f7df

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RFK Jr. suggests he'll have a significant role on agriculture and health policy if Trump is elected (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 16 OP
Dumber than Trump bucolic_frolic Oct 16 #1
"How do I get canned beans without cans?" BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #2
I didn't know about those. I'm gonna have to try it. I do all my cooking in the microwave or the toaster. Walleye Oct 16 #3
I have been getting these BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #4
Thank you, I like beans, but cooking for one person can be a pain Walleye Oct 16 #6
Most welcome and yup... BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #9
Not a chance - Trump will go where the bribes and donations are muriel_volestrangler Oct 16 #5
... trusty elf Oct 16 #7
Love TSF in the SS Bone Spurs dinghy. johnnyfins Oct 16 #11
And if Trump loses SomedayKindaLove Oct 16 #8
brain worms for everyone! nt Javaman Oct 16 #10
He has proven time and time again that he is crazy enough to fit right in. twodogsbarking Oct 16 #12
Counting their... 2naSalit Oct 16 #13
Newsflash, Robert. Trump has already forgotten about you. tanyev Oct 16 #14
"I'm an expert on dumping roadkill in public flower beds!" struggle4progress Oct 16 #15
RFK Jr. dispises that Vaccine crap. Frankly, I'm lookin' forward to more Polio stories, in the future. chouchou Oct 16 #16
"Frankly, I'm lookin' forward to more Polio stories, in the future." BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #17
Just another reason to GOTV, as if we don't have enough. C0RI0LANUS Oct 16 #18
School Funding bmichaelh Oct 16 #19
He is the shit in dip shit. twodogsbarking Oct 16 #20
Yeah, Mz Pip Oct 16 #21
It looks like Bob didn't get the memo FakeNoose Oct 16 #22
That right there shoud scar the bejesus out o every trump voter out there mercuryblues Oct 16 #23
I doubt RFK has any qualifications for the post, but he probably chose it because it is a post in which Trump would Martin68 Oct 16 #24
Uh, no Wild blueberry Oct 16 #25
Agriculture? Bayard Oct 16 #26
The only tiny compensation of a Trump presidency heckles65 Oct 16 #27
His ideas are worse than Trump's. Nt BootinUp Oct 16 #28
Hey, Bobby, Mr.Bill Oct 16 #29
Worm Farms and no vaccines, I guess. nt Gore1FL Oct 16 #30

bucolic_frolic

(47,527 posts)
1. Dumber than Trump
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 04:43 AM
Oct 16

Disrupt the system and create chaos. Whatever one thinks of the type or quality of our food, it's an efficient distribution system.

Once worm brain decides to eliminate (supposedly) canned goods and plastics, what remains? Daily decay? No more canned food? That impacts the steel industry. Steel cans represent about .06% of the steel industry. I looked this up last week. Factories, jobs, spoilage. How do I get canned beans without cans? Fresh beans? Seriously?

And he's in charge of nutrition and health too? Another socio with no regard for normal boundaries of people, policy, or his ego.

RFK Jr. is stone cold nuts.

BumRushDaShow

(143,996 posts)
2. "How do I get canned beans without cans?"
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:05 AM
Oct 16

I actually have been buying black beans sold in pouches (microwavable) as the pouches are about 10oz in size, which is good enough for the multi-serving recipes that I use them in (and would be like 2, 5oz cans, which are harder for me to find vs only having the larger can). Of course that introduces more plastic into the environment.

Walleye

(36,353 posts)
3. I didn't know about those. I'm gonna have to try it. I do all my cooking in the microwave or the toaster.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:19 AM
Oct 16

BumRushDaShow

(143,996 posts)
4. I have been getting these
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:31 AM
Oct 16
https://www.jyotifoods.com/our-products/p/black-beans



Looks like they have all kinds of beans sold in that format! I just open the pouch, strain and rinse and will add to stuff like filling for enchiladas or for a bean, corn, and tomato salsa that I like to make!

BumRushDaShow

(143,996 posts)
9. Most welcome and yup...
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 06:20 AM
Oct 16

I know the feeling! I usually make 2 "family size" meals on weekends that would come out to 7 servings, and will rotate through those each day during the week.

2naSalit

(93,311 posts)
13. Counting their...
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:25 AM
Oct 16

Chickens before they hatch. They are all so full of themselves that they can't contain their excitement over what they fantasize about their alleged soon to be power.

I hope it all blows up in their faces in spectacular fashion.

tanyev

(44,702 posts)
14. Newsflash, Robert. Trump has already forgotten about you.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:31 AM
Oct 16

And IF he got the chance to pick another cabinet, he wouldn’t pick anyone who could take attention away from himself.

chouchou

(1,400 posts)
16. RFK Jr. dispises that Vaccine crap. Frankly, I'm lookin' forward to more Polio stories, in the future.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:05 AM
Oct 16

Oh Brother...

BumRushDaShow

(143,996 posts)
17. "Frankly, I'm lookin' forward to more Polio stories, in the future."
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:19 AM
Oct 16

There's already a big whooping cough (Pertussis) outbreak going on right now!

Worst U.S. whooping cough outbreak in a decade has infected thousands

bmichaelh

(639 posts)
19. School Funding
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:28 AM
Oct 16

Trump is already on record that he will withdraw funding for any schools with vaccination mandates:

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/366472/2024-election-donald-trump-vaccines-schools

Also, how many MAGA farmers who use pesticides will still vote for Trump?





FakeNoose

(35,980 posts)
22. It looks like Bob didn't get the memo
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 09:29 AM
Oct 16

JD Vance is planning to Article 25 Chump the first chance he gets. Any pols who are counting on a cabinet appointment from Chump would be severely disappointed.

Aren't we happy that none of this will really happen because the goobers are going to lose.

mercuryblues

(15,211 posts)
23. That right there shoud scar the bejesus out o every trump voter out there
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 09:35 AM
Oct 16

A man who lost 1/2 his brain because he ate a dog is going to have a say over our food chain?

Damn the worms, full meal ahead.

Martin68

(24,711 posts)
24. I doubt RFK has any qualifications for the post, but he probably chose it because it is a post in which Trump would
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 11:24 AM
Oct 16

have absolutely no interest, and that would give RFK a chance of getting it in a Trump administration.

Wild blueberry

(7,260 posts)
25. Uh, no
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 11:50 AM
Oct 16

Reason one: Bob has no qualifications. That doesn't matter to the Sludge Goblin, but it will prevent Bob from functioning in whatever "post" he may, or may not, get.
Reason two: Project 2025 protects and enhances the processed food industry.
Reason three: it's going to be a Harris/Walz administration, goddess willing.

heckles65

(609 posts)
27. The only tiny compensation of a Trump presidency
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 12:27 PM
Oct 16

is watching all the underlings fighting to carve out their fief and expand it. Kennedy vs. Vance vs. Johnson vs. the Trump kids. It will be like Hitler's inner circle, awful men who hate each other. fighting it out.

I'd put my money on Vance, he has the sugardaddies behind him. I think Kennedy's going to be squashed like a bug. Maybe he'll wind up flying a plane to Scotland.

Mr.Bill

(24,854 posts)
29. Hey, Bobby,
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 04:07 PM
Oct 16

get me some coffee. Cream and sugar, please.

They'll tell him he's the coffee czar.

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