Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has change into an outspoken ally of former President Trump in current days, mentioned in an interview Friday that he believes the previous president has “changed as a person.”
“If President Trump wins … people are going to see a very different President Trump than they did in the first term,” Kennedy advised “All In” podcast host Jason Calacanis. “I think he’s changed as a person. And I’ve known him for, you know, 30 years.”
“But I think he is, he’s focused on his legacy,” he added later. “He’s said many interesting things to me about what he did wrong the last time.”
The impartial candidate additionally defended Trump towards experiences that he’s related to the conservative Undertaking 2025 agenda, unveiled this yr by the Heritage Basis. The previous president and his marketing campaign have aggressively distanced themselves from the 900-page agenda.
Contributors to the plan embody members of his earlier administration and different Trump allies, one thing Democrats and his rival Vice President Harris have latched onto of their messaging towards the previous president.
“And he brought this issue up to me and he said, you know, ‘they always tell me I’m on for Project 2025. I never read Project 2025 until they started accusing me of it,” Kennedy mentioned Friday. “He said that was written by ‘a right-wing a–hole. That’s what he is.’”
“I think he’s interested in his legacy now. He wants to leave behind some accomplishments and he wants to make our country better,” he continued later. “And I think he’s, you know, he’s listening to a wider range of voices. He’s preparing to govern right now.”
Kennedy’s feedback come only a week after he suspended his marketing campaign within the battleground states, throwing his assist behind Trump and showing at a rally alongside the previous president. Nonetheless, he mentioned his identify would seem on the poll in most pink and blue states.
Trump additionally tapped him and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (I-Hawaii), who just lately moderated a city corridor with the GOP presidential nominee, earlier this month to hitch his transition crew.
“I’ll be on the transition committee picking the people who are going to govern … There’s going to be a wide diversity of stakeholders,” Kennedy mentioned within the interview Friday. “But he’s listening to more than just that narrow right wing.”
