Robert Kennedy Jr. registered Make America Wholesome Once more as a trademark in a money seize to market a line of dietary supplements, T-shirts, caps and even cryptocurrency, based on public information.
RFK Jr. — presently present process his second day of bruising Senate hearings as President Trump’s nominee to turn into the nation’s well being czar — registered his rallying cry “Make America Healthy Again” and “MAHA” in December, 2024, information present.
His monetary disclosures additionally present he took in $100,000 in “licensing fees” in an settlement from one in every of his buddies “to use MAHA brand marks” on merchandise similar to clothes.
The money makes up a part of the controversial vaccine skeptic’s $11.6 million earnings over the past two years, alongside cash taken in from litigation towards drug firms and guide offers to advertise his fringe views on well being and medication.
On December 10, RFK Jr. then transferred the “entire interest” to MAHA Worldwide LLC, a Wyoming holding firm which was arrange on November 30.
It is not uncommon for appointees to divest enterprise pursuits earlier than taking a place in authorities to keep away from accusations of a battle of curiosity.
The RFK Jr official merchandise retailer on-line presently sells “Make America Healthy Again” hats and T-shirts for $35, canine bowls for$40 and mugs for $17.
MAHA Worldwide is managed by Del Bigtree, a TV and movie producer and anti-vaccine activist who was behind the MAHA Inaugural Ball on the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC earlier this month, based on a report.
The ball was sponsored by MAHA Motion, a non-profit lobbying group co-founded by Bigtree and RFK Jr. The group began a petition in December to again the Kennedy scion’s appointment to be secretary of Secretary of Well being and Human Providers, the highest well being job within the federal authorities.
Each the petition and the group’s web site have since been disabled.
The Jan. 20 ball, organized to rejoice the second inauguration of President Trump, featured a shock efficiency by Grammy Award-winning performer Jewel, who sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”– nevertheless, she later apologized for her involvement in an Instagram submit.
Jewel stated: “Some of my longtime fans feel that I let them down.”
RFK Jr’s spouse Cheryl Hines attended the ball, as did controversial comic Russell Model and Daphne Oz, daughter of former coronary heart surgeon and TV persona Mehmet Oz, based on experiences.
Along with nutritional vitamins and well being dietary supplements, the trademark utility seeks to market instructional supplies, similar to textbooks, programs, web sites that includes “online health assessments” in addition to MAHA bank cards, based on public paperwork.
An e mail to MAHA Motion was not instantly returned Thursday.
