Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump said he has respect for Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. despite their political differences.
“I respect him—a lot of people respect him. He’s got some very important points to be made,” Trump told Newsmax’s Eric Bolling during a June 26 interview.
Kennedy is one of two candidates challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, with the other being author Marianne Williamson.
Trump, who said he had known Kennedy for “a while,” added that he was impressed by Kennedy’s growing popularity in the polls.
“He’s at 21, 22 [percent] I saw just now,” Trump said. “And that’s a lot for somebody that came in with absolutely no chance of winning.”…