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Robert Kennedy Jr. already has a job with Trump, as announced by the Republican candidate
The Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump, announced in Arizona that former independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. will be in charge of a working team that will create, if he wins the November elections, to investigate what is causing the increase in chronic health problems for decades in the country and childhood diseases.
He will also create a commission, in honor of ´Bobby´, as he called the lawyer and environmentalist of whom he said he is “proud”, to investigate and publish the remaining documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, uncle of the now former White House candidate.
The presence of Kennedy Jr. in Trump’s act occurs only hours after he announced that he abandoned his career for the White House and made the leap to support the Republican and said that he made the decision after the real estate tycoon promised him that if he reaches the presidency he would let him fight to end the chronic diseases.
“Tonight I am very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible advocate of many of the values that we all share, and we have shared them for a long time,” Trump said a few minutes after entering the stage of the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, full of followers.
“I don’t think many of you have heard of him, he is very discreet, but very respected. He is a great person, I have known him for a long time,” Trump also said, who in front of the delirious applause of the crowd assured that “it is what he (Kennedy) deserves.”
Trump also assured the crowd that Kennedy carried out an “extraordinary” campaign and that he had defeated President Joe Biden, who initially sought re-election before handing over the baton to vice president Kamala Harris, that if the Democrats had allowed him to participate in primaries, he would have defeated Biden.
In his turn on the podium, Kennedy, who recognized his ideological differences with the candidate he now supports, said that his values overlap in “having safe food and ending the epidemic of chronic diseases.”
“Don’t you want food without chemicals? Don’t you want a president to get us out of wars and rebuild the middle class?” said Kenendy Jr., son of the prosecutor killed in the 1960s, Robert Francis Kennedy.
At the time of leaving the presidential race, Kennedy Jr. had a voting intention of 4.7%, according to the average of polls prepared by Five Thirty Eight, which this Friday reflects a support of 47% to Harris and 43.7% to Trump.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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