He may be the official United States secretary of health and human services, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a medical professional. He might also make lots of claims about autism and raw milk. But again, he is not traditionally trained to do so. Still, RFK Jr. made another bold claim during a White House meeting, this time about circumcisions and autism.
According to him, there is a link between the two. And according to Donald Trump, there is some evidence to back this up. The evidence, it seems, is something that neither of them thought to share with the room. And when a clip from the meeting made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter), people had a lot to say.
RFK Jr. didn’t clarify what constitutes an “early” circumcision versus a late one.
RFK Jr: Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism
— FactPost (@factpostnews) July 28, 2026
Trump: I've studied this a long time https://t.co/A2hamHUr1c pic.twitter.com/4BZfGTBa7V
The X post includes what appears to be a resurfaced clip from a 2025 Cabinet meeting at the White House. In the clip on X, RFK Jr., Trump, Marco Rubio, and other White House officials are seated around a long table. Although the clip was re-shared in 2026 and went viral all over again, clearly, the ideas presented are ones that the American people are still discussing, and dissecting.
“There’s many, many other confirmation studies,” RFK Jr. says at the top of the clip. “There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. And it’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol. So, you know, none of this is positive, but all of it is stuff that we should be paying attention to.”
According to CBS News, one of the studies RFK Jr. might be referring to is from 2013. Data from several countries was taken and examined to show that averages at a state and national level did show a possible correlation between autism and circumcisions. But circumcisions and Tylenol together being the cause for autism in boys? That was not proven in the study.
In fact, Dr. Céline Gounder of NYU Grossman School of Medicine told CBS News, “Circumcision practices are also tied to culture and religion, which also affect autism diagnoses and health care use.”
Then, there is RFK Jr.’s specific phrasing of boys being “circumcised early.” He doesn’t explain in the clip if there is a different timeframe that offers other medical information for the alleged link.
Donald Trump has his own thoughts on the alleged link with autism.
Not one to be outdone during a Cabinet meeting, Trump adds his own two cents in the resurfaced clip on X. Apparently, the president has his own vested interest in boning up on this kind of knowledge and, according to him, he has been studying this for a while. So, as the kids would say, apparently, he knows ball.
“You know, there’s a tremendous amount of proof or evidence I would say, as a non-doctor, but I’ve studied this a long time,” Trump chimes in, interrupting RFK Jr. in the clip.
Unsurprisingly, Trump does not have a medical background in any way. If it was even possible, he is even less qualified to speak on the matter of autism and the alleged cause of autism than RFK Jr. But to be fair, according to their shafted critics, neither of them should be making claims without any scientific proven evidence.
People want to know how RFK Jr. knows anything about the medical field.
RFK Jr: COVID is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese https://t.co/A2hamHUr1c pic.twitter.com/jpi3Ykoo8g
— FactPost (@factpostnews) July 28, 2026
In the comments under the X post and video, users agreed that they don’t understand how RFK Jr. and even Trump came up with the information they share in the clip.
One user wrote, “Scientific studies? Is that their excuse for being demented?”
“So if you’re keeping track, vaccines, fluoride, Tylenol, environmental toxins, and now circumcision are all responsible for autism,” someone else commented. “In other words, they still have no f–king idea.”
As for Trump, another person added, “Trump believes that the body is a battery that runs out of energy so you shouldn’t exercise. That’s all I’m gonna say about that ‘studying’ he did.”
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