By Stephanie Kelly

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recommended to Robert F. Kennedy Jr that the impartial presidential candidate may do one thing to assist the Trump marketing campaign, in keeping with a video of a telephone name on Sunday posted on social media and confirmed by Kennedy.

“I would love you to do something – and I think it would be so good for you and so big for you,” Trump may be heard saying by way of speaker telephone within the video, apparently referring to the 2024 election race.

“We’re gonna win,” Trump stated, after which Kennedy stated, “Yeah.”

“We’re way ahead of the guy,” Trump added, referring to Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden.

Kennedy supporters vary throughout the political spectrum, from liberal to conservative to impartial, and a few polls present he would draw voters from Trump and Biden each.

Trump additionally spoke to Kennedy about Saturday’s assassination try, saying that the bullet that hit his ear “felt like a giant – like the world’s largest mosquito.”

Of Biden’s telephone name with Trump after the assassination try, Trump stated, “It was very nice actually.”

Trump’s telephone name with Kennedy additionally included a dialog about vaccines, which echoed a few of Kennedy’s earlier views. The environmental lawyer has unfold misinformation on vaccines for years.

“When you feed a baby, Bobby,” Trump stated, “a vaccination that is like 38 different vaccines, and it looks like it’s meant for a horse, not a, you know, 10-pound or 20-pound baby… and then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically.

“And then you definitely hear that it would not have an effect, proper? However you and I talked about that a very long time in the past.”

After the call spread on social media, Kennedy on Tuesday apologized to Trump on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “When President Trump referred to as me I used to be taping with an in-house videographer,” he wrote. “I ought to have ordered the videographer to cease recording instantly. I’m mortified that this was posted.”

A day earlier, Kennedy posted on X about meeting with Trump, writing, “Our principal matter was nationwide unity, and I hope to satisfy with Democratic leaders about that as effectively. No, I’m not dropping out of the race.”

The Democratic Party views Kennedy, who began the race as a Democratic candidate before declaring himself independent, as an election “spoiler” who would take votes away from Biden and in impact assist Trump win the White Home.

Democratic Nationwide Committee spokesperson Matt Corridoni stated on X that Kennedy additionally had dinner with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson on the Republican Nationwide Conference, going down in Milwaukee this week.

“He (Kennedy) has no path to victory in this race and is nothing more than a spoiler for Trump,” stated DNC Communications Adviser Lis Smith.

The Kennedy marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.