RFK Jr. hearing devolves into questions on Trump's mental acuity: 'He's very, very sane'

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insisted that President Donald Trump was "very, very sane" even though he threatened to destroy Iran's entire civilization.

During a Friday House Education & Workforce Committee hearing, Rep. John Mannion (D-NY) noted that Kennedy had called Trump "the most sane president" following the threat to Iran.

"If you look at that Truth Social post, I was pointing out the last line of it as God bless the Iranian people," Kennedy explained. "So it was clear that he was sending a nuanced message. He was sending a message of brute force and violence to the Mullahs to incentivize them to change, but also sending a message of love and compassion to the Iranian people."

"So you can look at it and say, oh, it's insane that he'd make this kind of threat," he admitted. "But he's a dealmaker. He's a bargainer."

"More sane than your uncle?" Mannion asked, referring to President John F. Kennedy (D).

"He's very, very sane," Kennedy said of Trump. "I'd say he's more sane than Uncle Joe Biden."