Overview
- The HHS secretary, speaking at CPAC on Saturday in Dallas, said President Trump once flipped a placemat, drew a “perfect map” of the Middle East from memory, and marked each border with troop counts.
- The story drew swift ridicule across social platforms, with critics calling it invented and pointing to Trump’s past claim that he “doesn’t draw” when denying he sketched a racy birthday card.
- Journalist Michael Wolff reported that Trump has been phoning aides to ask if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “crazy,” signaling private concern about his cabinet member’s fitness.
- Wolff also said Trump is taken with Jack Schlossberg, JFK’s grandson now running for Congress in New York, casting the younger Kennedy as a contrast to RFK Jr.
- Skepticism toward Kennedy’s CPAC claims was compounded by his record of overstating health science, including saying diet can cure serious mental illness and metabolic disease.