RFK Jr. expected to meet Romanian presidential frontrunner in Bucharest next week
BUCHAREST – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. health department, will visit Romania next week to meet Calin Georgescu, the surprise far-right winner in the first round of the presidential election, a Romanian television station said.
Georgescu finished first in last Sunday’s vote, securing a spot in the run-off scheduled for December 8. His victory could reshape Romania’s political landscape and alter its foreign policy direction.
However, the election result has been challenged at Romania’s top court, which ordered a recount of all the votes cast last Sunday. The court will decide on Monday whether to annul the first round.
Kennedy will be in Bucharest next week to launch his book on the coronavirus pandemic, with a preface written by Georgescu, private television station Realitatea said in a statement.
“Realitatea is a media partner of the year-end meeting between the future Health Secretary in Donald Trump’s government and the surprise winner of the presidential vote,” Realitatea said in a statement. It added the televised discussion will take place on Dec. 5.
A spokesperson for Kennedy, and representatives of Republican Trump’s transition team, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Georgescu told Realitatea earlier this week that Kennedy might come to Bucharest.
On Saturday, his communications team neither denied nor confirmed the meeting.
