Donald Trump partner and remarkable health nut Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still has federal health regulators in his sights.

On Wednesday, RFK — who Presumed to play a key role in Trump’s administration -He said there are entire departments within the Food and Drug Administration that “need to go” because “they’re not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids.”

“Why do we have 18 or 19-ingredient Froot Loops in this country and when you go to Canada you have two or three,” Kennedy’s son said. one told MSNBC correspondent on air.

That’s not true, by the way: Kellogg Froot Loops sold in Canada also contain dozens of ingredients. Huffington Post notes. However, the American version contains artificial dyes instead of natural dyes, and Kellogg has come under criticism for not removing it from its US products. as he once promised.

The FDA has insisted the ingredients are safe, but recently California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom banned many of these food dyes Underscoring the seriousness of the debate is the food served in school cafeterias, which RFK stunningly misinterprets as outlining the number of ingredients used in breakfast cereal.

This misconstruction sums up RFK’s whole point. He may be right about some things; yes, perhaps our food regulators need a complete overhaul. Listeria it scares Why American diets have changed recently so poor – but it is also a shotgun of erratic beliefs, some of which hit the mark, some of which are not grounded in reality at all, such as his dangerous rants. anti-vaccination conspiracies.

For a summary of RFK’s quinine filing with the FDA, read: this tweet of his It’s from two weeks ago, when the agency claimed to suppress everything from “raw milk” to “sunshine.” (We’re talking about a man He admitted he had brain worms. and attempted eating roadkill bear meatFinally.)

But the bottom line, no matter how sincere the health-improving mission, relies dangerously on the rhetoric of gutting federal regulators.

To this end: “Make America Healthy Again” The partisan is adamant that he will exonerate the FDA and other bureaucrats — in a tone similar to Trump’s once pledge to “drain the swamp” — RFK has said he won’t eliminate those government agencies because it requires congressional approval. And what’s more, it doesn’t have to.

“I can remove corruption from agencies. That’s what I’ve been doing for forty years,” RFK said. “When they are free from corruption, when Americans receive good signals and are allowed to make their own choices, they will be much healthier.”

It’s unclear if RFK will have the chance to do any of this, though.

Howard Lutnick, co-chairman of the Trump transition team. said about a week ago He said Kennedy would not be Trump’s pick as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, but expressed enthusiasm for some of his ideas. In response, RFK later claimed that the new president had privately assured him that he would have a role in the White House.

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