“Actual Time” host Invoice Maher appeared open-minded about President-elect Trump’s nominee for Well being and Human Providers.
Maher kicked off his interview with doctor and writer Dr. Casey Means about how folks have been “freaking” about Trump tapping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer federal well being insurance policies.
“Nicely, the system as it’s, the way in which we do well being, is already very f—ed,” Maher stated Friday evening. “So possibly he’ll make it worse. However, like, my head will not be exploding about it.”
Means instructed Maher that she believed Election Day confirmed that the American folks need to deal with the “continual illness epidemic” and that RFK Jr. was somebody prepared to take it on.
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“Actual Time” host Invoice Maher stated his head is not “exploding” over Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being tapped by President-elect Trump to steer HHS. (Screenshot/HBO)
The HBO star pointed to Kennedy’s latest feedback insisting he would not ban vaccines.
“If you would like them, you might have them. It isn’t gonna be mandated. I believe that is what lots of people objected to earlier than,” Maher stated. “I imply, I’ve stated it many instances. There are some pathogens that, in the event that they had been going round, I’d battle you for the vaccine. And there are others that, , I simply did not need, just like the one we simply had.”
Means sounded the alarm on how the U.S. is “the sickest of the highest 11 high-income nations on this planet” and the way life expectancy for an American man is at 73, which she famous was ten years decrease than Japan and Switzerland.
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“That is one thing we must always all be outraged about,” Means instructed Maher. “And just one celebration in our election cycle this 12 months was speaking about continual sickness. The phrases ‘continual sickness,’ so far as I do know, by no means got here out of the Harris marketing campaign’s mouth. And I believe that was an actual misstep as a result of People are, I believe, uninterested in being gaslit about the truth that there’s not an issue proper now.”
“And Trump has requested RFK to do three easy issues. He is requested to get the corruption out of the US well being businesses, produce uncompromised, evidence-based analysis for our well being pointers, and reverse the traits of the continual illness epidemic in two years for kids and adults in order that we will present up for our 250th anniversary of America stronger than ever. That sounds fairly good to me,” she added.
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, shake palms throughout a marketing campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 23. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Photos))
Maher, nonetheless, appeared extra skeptical about Trump sticking to his marketing campaign guarantees.
“Belief me, the primary time Trump will get a name from some large mucky muck on the pharmaceutical trade and says, ‘Hey, you are f—ing with my earnings, Trump might simply reverse all of this,” Maher stated.
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Maher acknowledged Robert F. Kennedy has “stated loopy s—” however that “we do want shaking up.” (AP Picture/Carlos Osorio)
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Means remained optimistic, suggesting the president-elect “has been proven some mild from RFK concerning the monumental nature of the American healthcare epidemic, and it has struck a chord with him.”
“If you wish to say he is a loopy person- he actually stated some loopy s—. He actually stated some loopy s—, however we do want shaking up,” Maher later stated.
Kennedy endorsed Trump after suspending his personal presidential marketing campaign, changing into considered one of Trump’s most distinguished surrogates and incorporating the “MAHA” (Make America Wholesome Once more) motion into his closing argument to voters.
