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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “They [John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev] were able to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:35

The wires for that are still protruding from my brother's house, who owns the summer White House in Cape Cod. And they developed such a close relationship. They [John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev] were able to avoid nuclear war during the Cuban Missile crisis, during the Checkpoint Charlie crisis In Berlin in 62, they were able to avoid a war in Laos. and they were able to keep the world peaceful. And when my uncle died, Khrushchev wept. And that's the kind of relationship that Donald Trump wants with our adversaries. (04:35–39:35)

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Asserts that Kennedy and Khrushchev's relationship helped avoid several potential conflicts.

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