RFK Jr. Praises Trump's Knowledge, Empathy at CPAC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, delivered a glowing assessment of President Donald Trump during a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas on Saturday, recounting an anecdote about Trump's detailed knowledge of the Middle East and praising his empathy amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.

Kennedy, speaking to an enthusiastic audience at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Dallas, described Trump as possessing "encyclopedic molecular knowledge" across diverse topics, including music, sports, business and global affairs. He shared a story from a campaign flight, where he and Trump discussed Syria over McDonald's and Diet Coke. According to Kennedy, Trump flipped over a placemat, used a Sharpie to draw a precise map of the Middle East and annotated it with the troop strengths of every country along the borders. "It just challenged a lot of the assumptions that I had been told about him," Kennedy said. He added that Trump demonstrates "extraordinary depth of knowledge" about federal agencies, including his own at Health and Human Services, and possesses an "instinct for making good choices."