(CNN) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters on Monday that former President Donald Trump had promised to give him “control” of several public health agencies, including the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture, if he win a second one. mandate in November.

Kennedy, who suspended his independent presidential campaign in August and endorsed Trump, said during a live organizing event that Trump had told him he would oversee a broad public health portfolio if the former president returned to the White House, adding that he would prioritize his agenda for “making America healthy. “

“The key that I think is — you know, that President Trump has promised me is — is control of the public health agencies, which is HHS and its sub-agencies, the CDC, the FDA, the NIH and a few others, and then also the USDA , which is – which, you know, is the key to making America healthy. Because we need to get rid of seed oils and we need to get rid of pesticide-intensive agriculture,” Kennedy said, according to video of the event obtained by CNN.

CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.

Trump previously told CNN he would consider naming Kennedy to a role in a potential second administration. After Kennedy’s endorsement in August, Trump pledged to include him on a panel that would investigate the rise in chronic disease diagnoses if he returns to the White House. Kennedy is part of Trump’s transition team and has campaigned as a surrogate for him in key battleground states since he left the presidential race.

On Sunday, Trump said during a campaign rally in New York that he would let Kennedy “run wild on food” and “run wild on medicine” if he wins in November.

Kennedy was one of the leading proponents of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories in the United States. He made bogus attacks on vaccine safety and efficacy and sharp criticism of public health and agricultural policy a centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

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