Trump Unloads Bonkers Theory for How Kids Get Autism [View all]
Source: The Daily Beast
Trump Unloads Bonkers Theory for How Kids Get Autism
Emell Derra Adolphus
Thu, May 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM EDT 2 min read
President Donald Trump said he has tasked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with determining how autism is “artificially induced” in children.
The MAGA president made the head-scratching claim during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission press conference on Thursday at the White House, moments after the release of a commission assessment “exposing root causes of childhood chronic disease crisis.”
“When you hear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it’s 1 in 31 for autism, I think that’s just a terrible thing,” said Trump to a room full of reporters. He added, “It has to be something on the outside, has to be artificially induced, has to be.”
Medical experts have pushed back on Trump and RFK Jr.’s characterization of such figures as an “epidemic,” with many saying the change can be largely chalked up to better autism screenings.
Yet that hasn’t stopped MAHA from running wild with their claims.
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