The Washington Post reports:

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held talks this month with former president Donald Trump about endorsing his campaign and taking a job in a second Trump administration, overseeing a portfolio of health and medical issues, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The discussions, which began hours after the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally on July 13, did not result in an agreement amid concerns in Trump’s orbit about the complications of promising a job in exchange for a political endorsement, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

“All I will say to you is I am willing to talk to anybody from either political party who wants to talk about children’s health and how to end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said Monday in an interview, adding that Trump has been more open to him than the Democratic National Committee. “I have a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months. Instead they have allocated millions to try to disrupt my campaign.”

Kennedy said he planned to continue his campaign. “We are in it to win it,” he said.

A person familiar with the conversations said a person who knows both men reached out to Kennedy on Saturday night, hours after the assassination attempt on Trump, after Kennedy had done cable news appearances to talk about the attack. Kennedy said he was open to speaking with Trump.

Kennedy then received a group text from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that included a phone number used by Trump, according to two people familiar with the events. That prompted a phone call between Trump and Kennedy later that night after Trump had returned to his Bedminster, N.J., home, the person said. [Continue reading…]