Quackery Under the Big Top: Trump as the Ringmaster and RFK Jr. the Clown Who Turn Public Health Into a Political Circus

There’s a difference between being misinformed and being dangerous. Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are both—and they’ve weaponized their ignorance at the highest levels of government, turning public health into a spectacle of confusion, fear, and pseudoscience. At a recent White House press conference, Trump claimed that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism. Flanked by his Health Secretary RFK Jr., he announced that the FDA would approve a chemotherapy drug—leucovorin—as a treatment for autism, based on limited and unverified evidence. This wasn’t a medical briefing. It was a circus act—complete with wild claims, zero citations, and a total … Continue reading Quackery Under the Big Top: Trump as the Ringmaster and RFK Jr. the Clown Who Turn Public Health Into a Political Circus