Trump Promises ‘Answer To Autism’ As RFK Jr. Faces Scrutiny Over Vaccine Claims

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent

GLENDALE/WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald J. Trump startled mourners at a massive memorial for slain Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk by vowing that his administration had found “an answer to autism,” even as his top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faces scrutiny over what his critics view as controversial vaccine claims.

Trump made the pledge at State Farm Stadium in o, Arizona, where tens of thousands gathered Sunday to honor Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA assassinated September 10 at a Utah college campus. “We think we found an answer to autism,” Trump said, promising what he called “one of the biggest announcements medically, I think, in the history of this country” to be revealed the following day.

The president told mourners he had been pressing officials to deliver results. “I’ve been bugging everybody over there. Get the answer to autism. How to help children, how to prevent it — biggest priority for families,” he said. Trump pledged that the announcement would be made on Monday and would be “very important” for millions of parents.

The comments came as his administration prepared to unveil new health guidance. U.S. officials have been weighing whether to warn pregnant women about possible risks of using acetaminophen — known internationally as paracetamol and sold under the brand name Tylenol — amid studies suggesting a potential link to autism. It is one of the world’s most common painkillers and is often used during pregnancy.

Leucovorin, also called folinic acid, is a form of vitamin B9 prescribed mainly in cancer treatment. Some small studies have explored it experimentally in autism, but it is not an approved therapy.

RFK JR. UNDER SCRUTINY

The remarks also underscored the central role of Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine safety critic. Kennedy has repeatedly claimed that autism rates have risen from “1 in 10,000” in his childhood to “1 in 31” among U.S. children today, calling it evidence of an “autism epidemic.”

He has suggested that environmental exposures, including medicines, play a role in the increase. At an April news conference, Kennedy described autism as “a chronic disease” and “an epidemic,” language that reportedly drew pushback from some parents and experts who claimed such terms risk stigmatizing people on the autism spectrum.

Additionally, Kennedy has declined to say outright that vaccines do not cause autism, prompting both criticism and praise among experts and commentators. During his confirmation hearings, he cited studies that critical experts called “flawed.”

Numerous scientists have ruled out a causal link citing large studies, although several vaccine-skeptic experts, activists, advocacy groups, and researchers demand further study.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that vaccines do not cause autism. Yet medical experts caution that both its causes should remain the subject of complex, ongoing research.

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