Trump Pushes Wild Autism Claims During Cabinet Meeting With RFK Jr.: ‘A Drug or Something’ is ‘Causing This’

Ahmad Austin Jr. Aug 26th, 2025, 2:09 pm

President Donald Trump insisted that there was “something artificial” causing autism in response to rising cases of the condition, despite years of studies concluding no links between autism and modern medicine. The topic has been hotly debated in recent decades and became an issue within the MAGA base as the Make America Healthy Again movement gained steam following the Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

During Trump’s cabinet meeting on Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked more about his crusade to cure autism. More specifically, Kennedy promised to find the cause of the disorder by September . Kenned

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