"Bill Gates played a key role in keeping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr out of President Donald Trump's first administration, a new book says. When Kennedy met with the president-elect at Trump Tower in early 2017, he told reporters afterward that Trump had asked him to chair a "commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity." Spokespeople for Trump later put out a statement saying that no decision had been made, and Kennedy ultimately never joined his first administration."
"But according to the ABC reporter Jonathan Karl's new book, "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America," Trump met with Kennedy for a second time at the White House after he was sworn in, and during that meeting, he "appeared to be persuaded" to let Kennedy lead a new task force on autism and vaccines. Trump had long been interested in a potential link between autism and vaccines."
Bill Gates intervened to prevent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from joining President Donald Trump's first administration to lead a vaccine and autism task force. Kennedy met with the president-elect at Trump Tower in early 2017 and said Trump had asked him to chair a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, but no appointment occurred and he never joined the administration. Trump met Kennedy again after inauguration and seemed open to a task force on autism and vaccines. Trump had previously expressed interest in a potential vaccine-autism link. Gates met with Trump and warned that appointing Kennedy would be a terrible mistake, prompting a delay and further NIH discussions.
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