Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his alliance with President Donald Trump, declaring that he stands firmly behind the president and the historic reforms they are pursuing together on food safety and public health.
According to Breitbart, Kennedy used a detailed post on X to underscore how the Trump administration has rewritten federal dietary guidelines to emphasize real food, secured commitments from major food companies to remove petroleum-based synthetic dyes and other additives and has launched systematic reviews of chemicals already in our food supply. He framed this agenda as a direct challenge to the permanent bureaucracy and corporate lobbyists that have long shaped federal nutrition and health policy to their own advantage.
Draining the swamp is a mandate, and we have an obligation to deliver, Kennedy wrote, explicitly tying his efforts at HHS to President Trumps broader promise to confront Washingtons entrenched power structure. Entrenched interests have exercised power in Washington under both parties for decades.
President Trump and I intend to keep fighting until the American peoplenot corporate influencedrive our health policies. Reiterating his loyalty, Kennedy added, I stand firmly behind President Trump and the historic reforms we are advancing together.
He stressed that in less than two years, this administration has rewritten federal dietary guidelines to emphasize real food, secured commitments from major food companies to remove petroleum-based synthetic dyes and other additives, launched systematic reviews of chemicals already in our food supply, and proposed requiring companies to notify the FDA before introducing ingredients they independently deem safe. Kennedy emphasized that the reform drive is far from finished, noting there are hundreds of other accomplishments, but theres still more work to do.
We must finish food-ingredient reform, advance our work on ultra-processed foods, and put childrens health at the center of federal policy, he said, adding, I will keep pressing those priorities across this administration and work with anyone in either party who will help deliver them. His assertive stance comes as Democrats escalate their attacks, with figures such as Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) demanding that Kennedy be removed.
The time is now, Alsobrooks wrote on X. RFK Jr. must resign or be fired.
End of discussion. Warnock issued a similar threat, attempting to pressure Kennedy out of office through the prospect of partisan investigations.
Unless RFK Jr. is interested in spending the next two years in front of Congressional committees, he should go ahead and resign now, Warnock wrote in a post on X. As reported by Breitbart Newss Hannah Knudsen in August, Kennedy recently announced that the Trump administration was taking two more steps to help solidify the Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement.
He unveiled the proposal of a rule that would require manufacturers to notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when concluding that the use of a substance added to human or animal food is General Recognized as Safe (GRAS).' Under President Trumps leadership, major corporations such as General Mills, Hershey, and Nestl have already begun phasing out artificial dyes and flavors, aligning their products with the administrations push for cleaner labels.
Breitbart News reported in June 2026 that Nestl had officially removed FD&C colors, fulfilling a pledge made the previous year. Kennedy also personally informed CEOs at companies including Smuckers, General Mills, and Kelloggs in March 2025 that the Trump administration expected artificial dyes to be removed from their products. As Democrats call for his ouster, Kennedys message suggests he has no intention of retreating from a reform agenda that challenges both regulatory complacency and corporate influence, while placing parental concerns and childrens health at the forefront of federal policy.
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