Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered an apology to former President Trump after a video of her call with the former president was leaked.
Trump spoke with Kennedy on Monday before announcing Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. In the leaked call, Trump could be heard on speakerphone saying he agrees with some of Kennedy’s positions on vaccines.
Trump could also be heard saying he would love for the unlikely candidate to “do something,” adding that it would be “really good” for Kennedy. Trump also told him “we will win,” according to the footage.
Kennedy apologized for the leak on Tuesday, shortly after it was posted online.
“When President Trump called me, I was recording with an in-house videographer. I should have ordered the cameraman to stop recording immediately,” he wrote on social media platform X. “I am mortified this was posted. I apologize to the president.”
Trump could also be heard telling Kennedy that President Biden was “very kind” when he called him after the assassination attempt over the weekend. The former president was hit by a bullet in the ear after a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The shooter and a rally participant were killed and two others were seriously injured.
“It looked like a giant – like the biggest mosquito in the world,” he said of the bullet.
He also noted that he was shot with an AR-15-style weapon, adding that they are “pretty tough weapons, right?” on the phone call to Kennedy.
The independent candidate’s endorsement could help boost Trump or Biden in the race. Kennedy had just 8% support, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s national polling average.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
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