Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that, after dropping out of his presidential campaign to endorse former President Donald Trump, he had made a splash. If you are one of his party-obsessed siblings, it’s likely to be a furor. Let’s be clear: Trump is the main player here. He’s still the candidate and he will need votes. RFK Jr. is merely an ally that some think could be the difference in a tight election.
Kennedy outlined his three main agenda items when he announced his decision. These are the things he believes he can advance the most by working with Trump, rather than against him. They include: ending the “war on free speech”, ending the “war in Ukraine”, and ending the “war on children” (specifically the health of children).
Kennedy’s environmental activism was the main focus of his life. Kennedy’s fight against pollution and toxic substances began with his involvement with Riverkeeper, an organization that was dedicated to cleaning the Hudson River.
👀 Tucker Carlson to RFK Jr — both men nearly moved to tears.
“I hope what you just said is chopped up and put all over every social media platform in the world!”
Well here it is. What Kennedy said in the BEST 12 mins of Tucker… maybe ever. Stunning. LFG. #MAHA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vLXrxpzcvF
— Indy Cat 2000 (@TheFinalBot1) August 27, 2024
Kennedy spoke with Tucker Carlson in an interview that was released on Monday night. You can view the full video below. However, this segment was remarkable in its combination of nature and spirit. Kennedy explains his reasoning for forming a “Team of Rivals”, a modern version of the old-fashioned “Team of Rivals”. Then he ponders on the apparent realignment of political parties. Next, a powerful exploration of the relationship between man, nature, and God follows.
KENNEDY: You see this…big alignment – and even on environmental concerns. You and I both know that the Democrats are now subsumed under this carbon orthodoxy, and the issue of carbon is the only one. This has forced them to do what you shouldn’t do as an environmentalist: commoditize everything and quantify it. You’re putting all of it in a box to be able to quantify and explain its numerical value.
The opposite is true. We protect the environment because of a spiritual connection. [Watch Tucker’s face when he says it.] We have a…love for the environment, and I became interested in it because I wanted to feel a connection with the whales, the fish, and the birds. I understood that God speaks to humans in many ways, including through other people, organized religion, the wise, the prophets, and the great books. But nowhere does he do it with such detail, texture, grace, and joy. When we destroy the natural world, we reduce our ability to feel God and to know what our potential and duties as humans are.
CARLSON: By the way, I hope that what you said is cut up and spread across all social media platforms in the world. We can’t experience the divine when we destroy nature.
KENNEDY: Yeah. You know, the Devil is the one who quantifies things. He quantifies all of it, right? He wants us to do that — give it a number. We preserve these things because we love our kids. It’s because…nature is a source of enrichment for us. It enriches our lives economically, spiritually, culturally, and historically. And it links us with the 10,000 generations that lived before laptops.
The central revelation for all the religions we know today… always took place in the wilderness. Moses was forced to enter the wilderness to hear God’s voice and then see the burning bush. Moses had to go into the wilderness of Mount Sinai to receive the Commandments. Muhammad, a Mecca city boy, had to take his family on a camping excursion to Mount Hira and wrestle with the Angel Gabriel at night to get the first suras of the Quran. Buddha was forced to wander in the wilderness for many years before he could receive his first Nirvana revelation. Christ spent 40 days in the wilderness before he discovered his divinity. John the Baptist was his mentor. He lived in a Jordan Valley cave and ate locust honey and wild bee honey.
We can only feel the divine. God speaks to us in the form of fish, birds, and leaves. We preserve nature because of this.
Tucker’s response shows that Kennedy’s words here really touched him. I felt the same way. The quality that RFK Jr. has to offer to the conversation — and why I’m happy he’s teamed with Trump and will have a broader forum to advocate for these causes is because they’ve long been drowned in our social media sound-bite public discussion. Issues. He is discussing issues, not people or parties. This is to the benefit of all Americans.
