Longtime Democrat and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is poised to take a health role in a new Trump administration and wage war on chronic disease by attacking everything from fluoride in drinking water to sugary drinks paid for by food stamps.

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Now it’s being called out by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. —possibly on track to become head of health initiatives for the incoming presidential administration—as a practice that should be halted. He recently asserted that Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office.

On Sunday morning, Donald Trump made something crystal clear: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “going to have a big role in the administration” if he wins. And some of RFK Jr.’s wildest ideas—including banning certain vaccines and removing fluoride from drinking water —could be on the table.

Not much is known about what role Kennedy could actually serve in the second Trump administration. Here's some of what we do know.

Peter McCullough, Casey Means, Joel Salatin, and Simone Gold are all getting upvotes on a MAHA nomination site for the Trump administration.