President Trump is facing a quandary over his legacy and political outlook in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over vaccine policy.

Trump has aligned himself closely with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement, and with them a swath of supporters who are skeptical of vaccines.

But in doing so, Trump has made it more difficult to embrace what he has called arguably his greatest accomplishment: the rapid development of an effective vaccine against COVID-19. And it could pose a threat to his political fortunes if Kennedy presses ahead with drastic changes to vaccine policy.

It has created a political minefield for Trump. The president has expressed admiration for the

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