Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said former President Donald Trump is a terrible human being and a sociopath, according to a profile in The New Yorker.
He had been praising Trump in public. After the assassination attempt against Trump, he said the "courage" Trump showed was "inspirational." He also had a phone call with Trump where Trump implied Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could have a spot in a second Trump administration.
The disparaging comments about Trump in a recent text exchange, according to The New Yorker.
Trump is "a terrible human being. The worse president ever and barely human. He is probably a sociopath," The New Yorker said.
But a Joe Biden presidency is "more dangerous to the Republic and the planet," he wrote, according to the publication.
Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign manager and daughter-in-law, said he is not opposed to serving in a Trump administration.
"Secretary of Health and Human Services is an incredibly interesting one." Fox Kennedy said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, also would be open to serving in a Harris administration, Fox Kennedy said in The New Yorker.
Fox Kennedy told The New Yorker the campaign's strategy is to focus on Democrats in reliably Republican states and Republicans in reliably Democrat states with the goal of ensuring no one gets to the 270 electoral votes needed to win. The House of Representatives would then vote for the president.
"We've always said, as soon as people realize Bobby can win, he will win," Fox Kennedy said to The New Yorker.
The profile has already made headlines after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park a decade ago, after deciding not to skin and eat it.