Washington: In a river of sewage, the sprayed Trump health minister bathed (images)
It does not stop surprising us, the Trump Health Minister, Robert Kennedy Junior.
At times he dares irrational things, but in his last « venture » he took his grandchildren with him.
Robert F. Kennedy Junior, the Minister of Health, posted on Sunday photos of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a Washington contaminated brook, where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewage.
Robert Kennedy Junior in the water with his grandchildren watching him
O Robert Kennedy Junior whole under water
Rock Crick, which leaks much of the northwestern Washington, is used to drain the excess sewage and rainwater during rainfall, According to the New York Times.
The brook has extensive « faecal » infection and high levels of bacteria, including E. Coli, and the city has banned swimming on all its waterways for more than 50 years due to the extensive infection of Rock Creek and other nearby rivers.
Kennedy swims in contaminated water along with his grandchildren
« Rock Creek has high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens that make swimming, walking and other contact with water risk for humans (and pets), » the National Park wrote on a advice on its website, adding: Walking! «
But Mr Kennedy shared photos of him swimming in rock crown during the weekend, with an image showing him completely immersed in water.
Kennedy told social media posting that he had gone swimming at Rock Creek during a hiking for Mother’s Day at Dumbarton Oaks Park with his family – including his grandchildren, which are also shown in the photos swimming in contaminated water.
Mother’s Day Hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a Swim with My Grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek. pic.twitter.com/txowasmtfy
– Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@rovertkennedyjr) May 11, 2025
Dumbarton Oaks Park is on the stream of a Rock Creek tributary that receives about 40 million gallons of unprocessed sewage and rainwater overflow each year, according to the Washington Water and Sewerage Authority. City authorities are planning to build a tunnel that will reduce the amount of waste water that ends in Piney Branch and Rock Creek.
Kennedy’s spokesman did not respond to a request for commentary.
Absurdity does not stop
It was the last in a series of strange incidents related to Kennedy’s personality as an outdoor athlete.
As a teenager in the 1970s, Mr Kennedy gained the reputation of a risky adventurer, eating bushes and enduring diseases on trips to South America and African safari.
Later he cut the head of dead animals – including a whale and a teddy bear and took them home.
Mr Kennedy has also said that a parasitic worm « went into my brain and ate some of it and then died. »
