Accidentally published: Kennedy Jr. apologizes to Trump after video leak

ntv.de Accidentally published: Kennedy Jr. apologizes to Trump after video leak 46 minutes. • 2 minutes reading time Presidential candidate Trump calls the independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. He is currently filming a video. The recording is running during the call. Trump is apparently asking for Kennedy's support in the election campaign. Since the clip later ends up on the Internet, Kennedy must now apologize. Independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has apologized after the publication of a private phone call with former US President Donald Trump. When "President Trump" called, he was making a recording with a videographer, he wrote on X on Tuesday. "I should have instructed him to stop the recording immediately." A video of the conversation was published on the Internet, in which Kennedy can be heard and seen listening to refuted statements by Trump about vaccinations for children. Kennedy, a nephew of US President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963, has built up a loyal following on this issue. They are people who reject the scientific consensus that the benefits of vaccinations clearly outweigh the rare risk of complications. In the recording, Republican presidential candidate Trump appears to be trying to warm Kennedy up to supporting him in the election campaign. "I would love it if you did that," Trump says. "And I think it will be so good for you and so big for you. And we will win." Kennedy hardly gets a word in in the leaked part of the conversation. The recording begins when Trump is already talking about vaccines. "I am ashamed that this was posted," Kennedy told X. "I apologize to the president." The video was first published by Kennedy's son Robert F. Kennedy III. He explained that it was taken on Sunday, the day after Trump was assassinated at a rally in Pennsylvania. It was deleted after a short time - but copies were already in circulation and are still circulating on social networks. A spokeswoman for Kennedy, Stefanie Spear, assured on Monday that he would not drop out of the presidential race. Allies of both Trump and Biden are worried about how Kennedy's campaign could affect their own prospects for the White House.