Multiple news outlets reported on Wednesday that independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop out of the race and endorse former President Donald Trump . Kennedy announced Wednesday afternoon that he will be addressing the nation in Arizona on Friday.
ABC News then reported that he will be dropping out of the race by the end of the week, with NBC News and Media i te adding that he plans to endorse former President Donald Trump. An unnamed source told Mediaite that discussions between Kennedy and Trump had been “a week in the works.” Trump is also scheduled to be in Arizona on Friday.
Trump said Tuesday that he would “certainly” consider Kennedy for a role in his administration. “He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy.
I’ve known him for a very long time,” Trump told CNN. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that it would be a good idea to have Kennedy on board.
“I loved the idea, love the idea of giving him some sort of role in some sort of major three-letter entity or whatever it may be and let him blow it up,” he said. Kennedy had a colorful run, from admitting to leaving a dead bear cub in Central Park to saying doctors found a dead, parasitic worm in his brain. On a more serious note, he was accused of sexual assault, to which he responded : “I’m not a church boy.
.. I had a very, very rambunctious youth.
” The Washington Post previously reported that Kennedy had spoken to Trum.