There is a photo that exemplifies the paradox of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department: Kennedy is sitting at a table in Trump One with President-elect Donald Trump, Don Trump Jr., and Elon Musk, with a table of McDonald’s spread out between them. Kennedy grimaces over an open Big Mac box, looking sick to his stomach. “Make America Healthy Again starts TOMORROW,” Trump Jr. posted. With a beginning like that, it’s easy to doubt whether the new administration will seriously support Kennedy’s crusade to fix America’s “chronic disease” epidemic.
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