It’s been 74 days since Trump returned to office, and 50 days since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
A lot has happened in the first stretch of Trump’s second term—some of it promising, some of it... frankly sucks.
But less than two months into Kennedy’s tenure, key supporters of the widely popular MAHA movement are beginning to turn on a man they once championed.
So, what went wrong?
Here's the answer. While food and health reform have broad support (no one is against that!), there's an issue that carried far more weight for a massive portion of the voting base: the Covid-19 vaccines.
These vaccines, which many believe have caused devastating side effects and loss of life, are also seen as having played a central role in stripping rights and freedoms in the U.S. and beyond.
Kennedy has long been one of the most vocal critics of the Covid vaccine. From the outset, he condemned them, even authoring a book that exposed what he described as deep corruption and deception within the pharmaceutical industry.
But now, following his confirmation, that issue has all but vanished from the agenda. Covid was once the heart of his platform—now it’s as if it never happened.
This silence has left many MAHA supporters stunned and uneasy. Doctors and specialists who risked everything to speak out during the pandemic—and who became central voices in the anti-vaccine movement—are now bewildered.
Not only has there been no accountability, but the vaccines are still being promoted. Worse, they’re being recommended for infants.
Take a look at the CDC's own website.
The CDC is still recommending the Moderna and the Pfizer vaccines! Not only that, they are recommending multiple doses to infants.
Dr. Suzanne Humphries recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, where she exposed the current childhood vaccine recommendations.
“Giving a Covid shot to a baby today is insane,” Rogan responded bluntly.
“Three of them,” Humphries added. “It’s three of them.”
As head of the HHS, RFK Jr. oversees the CDC. And while the current CDC Director, Dr. Mandy Cohen, is a Biden-era holdover, Kennedy has the authority to recommend a replacement.
To his credit, Kennedy has taken aim at the CDC and begun making moves toward reform. He recently redirected $2 billion away from the CDC’s “Immunization and Vaccines for Children” program and announced a Trump-backed commission to investigate the rise of chronic disease—including the role of the childhood vaccine schedule.
But the question remains: Why is this taking so long? Why hasn’t he pulled the Covid vaccine from the market or forced the CDC to update its vaccine recommendations—especially when these risky mRNA shots are still being administered to millions of children each year?
Dr. Mary Bowden voiced similar concerns during an interview with Tucker Carlson, who was visibly stunned to learn that 9 million children had received the Covid vaccine.
Bowden pointed out that the Trump administration does have the power to intervene. After all, the head of the FDA—Dr. Marty Makary—is a Trump appointee.
“Is there any sign that this is going to happen?” Tucker asked.
“It seems to me the HHS has shifted its focus to food and food quality,” Bowden replied.
Interestingly, before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed to lead the HHS, Dr. Mary Bowden appeared on a podcast alongside neurosurgeon Dr. Jack Kruse and Calley Means.
During the discussion, Bowden expressed concern that Kennedy might soften his stance on vaccines—a fear that now appears to be playing out.
Bowden and Kruse directly confronted Means—now a Special Government Employee at HHS and a key advisor to Kennedy—over his views on vaccines and the apparent shift in focus away from vaccine reform and toward food policy.
Notably, Means is also a former lobbyist, raising additional questions about the direction of the administration’s health agenda.
Bowden and Kruse both pointed out that Kennedy’s message began to change after Calley Means entered the picture.
They raised concerns that RFK Jr. may have Pharma-aligned voices in his ear—people whose goal is to steer the movement away from vaccines and into “safer,” less controversial territory.
While Bowden is suspicious that Means is the driving force behind Kennedy’s shift, prominent right wing commentator, Candace Owens, believes something far more sinister is at play.
According to Owens, the only explanation that makes sense is blackmail. She recently released an exposé on a certain journalist who, she claims, may be holding sexual blackmail over Kennedy.
In a recent segment with Ian Carroll, Owens discussed the pivot from vaccine reform to food policy and raised the uncomfortable question: has the MAHA movement been infiltrated?
Of course, every politician has to make compromises—just look at Trump’s decision to deport students who criticize Israel. But to compromise on the central issue of your entire campaign? That’s something else entirely. That’s unacceptable.
Without RFK Jr., Trump might not have been elected. And without the Covid-19 vaccine, Kennedy likely wouldn’t have even entered the race. From the very beginning, MAHA was about Covid first, health second.
Its loudest and most passionate supporters were doctors—those who risked everything to speak out against the vaccines.
Despite the rumors and speculation, one thing is clear: everyone wants MAHA to succeed. Everyone wants RFK Jr. to succeed. That’s why so many are still giving him the benefit of the doubt—clinging to hope, trying not to believe the worst.
But something isn’t right. The agenda has shifted. The energy has been redirected. And Kennedy remains silent.
