Former President Donald Trump told podcaster Joe Rogan that pharmaceutical executives were not “thrilled” that he teamed up with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Friday interview.
Kennedy endorsed Trump and announced the suspension of his campaign on Aug. 23, ten months after launching his independent bid, following his split with Democrats over issues including censorship, the war in Ukraine, illegal immigration, the party’s failure to hold primary debates and primary rules that gave President Joe Biden an advantage.
When Rogan asked if anyone had urged Trump not to work with Kennedy, the former president revealed some pushback from pharmaceutical company executives.
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“I would say that — and you know, I think in many ways they’ve done a good job and in many ways they’ve done a bad job — but I would say that Big Pharma wasn’t thrilled when they heard that,” Trump said, adding, “I’ve actually always gotten along very well with him [Kennedy], I’ve known him a long time.”
The social media platform Instagram banned Kennedy over his views on vaccines in February 2021, and ABC News edited out a portion of an interview where he discussed the COVID-19 vaccines. Kennedy