The Dramatic Change in the Political Culture

A man holds a hat reading "Make America Healthy Again" at a press conference with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner (FDA) Martin Makary at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2025. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Last week, the MAHA Institute had an invitation-only event in Washington, D.C., as their organizational launch in anticipation of a MAHA report to be issued by the Trump administration. On stage was a highly unlikely cast of characters, something with no modern precedent in American politics.