Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has recently become an outspoken ally of former President Trump, stated in an interview on Friday that he believes the former president has “changed as a person.”
“If President Trump wins… people are going to see a very different President Trump than they did in the first term,” Kennedy told “All In” podcast host Jason Calacanis. “I think he’s changed as a person. And I’ve known him for, you know, 30 years.”
“But I think he is, he’s focused on his legacy,” Kennedy added later. “He’s said many interesting things to me about what he did wrong the last time.”
The independent candidate also defended Trump against reports linking him to the conservative Project 2025 agenda, unveiled this year by the Heritage Foundation. The former president and his campaign have aggressively distanced themselves from the 900-page agenda.
Contributors to the plan include members of Trump’s previous administration and other allies, which Democrats and Vice President Harris have highlighted in their messaging against the former president.
“He brought this issue up to me,” Kennedy said Friday. “He said, you know, ‘They always tell me I’m on for Project 2025. I never read Project 2025 until they started accusing me of it. That was written by a ‘right-wing a–hole. That’s what he is.’”
“I think he’s interested in his legacy now. He wants to leave behind some accomplishments and he wants to make our country better,” Kennedy continued. “And I think he’s listening to a wider range of voices. He’s preparing to govern right now.”
Kennedy’s comments come just a week after he suspended his campaign in battleground states, throwing his support behind Trump and appearing at a rally alongside the former president. Despite this, he said his name would still appear on the ballot in most red and blue states.
Trump also tapped Kennedy and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (I-Hawaii)—who recently moderated a town hall with the GOP presidential nominee—earlier this month to join his transition team.
“I’ll be on the transition committee picking the people who are going to govern,” Kennedy said in the interview Friday. “There’s going to be a wide diversity of stakeholders, but he’s listening to more than just that narrow right wing.”
