Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently took a playful jab at the President by sharing a digitally altered Thanksgiving photograph that features himself, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., and others.

In a post this afternoon on X, the health secretary, 71, extended a warm Thanksgiving greeting to his followers, who number over a million.

The post included an image showing Kennedy, Donald Trump, Trump Jr., Musk, and House Speaker Mike Johnson enjoying a traditional holiday meal complete with turkey, Brussels sprouts, corn, and mashed potatoes aboard Air Force One.

Eagle-eyed fans quickly pointed out that the image seemed digitally manipulated. The original photograph surfaced in November 2024 on Don Jr.’s account, displaying a visibly startled RFK Jr. with a McDonald’s meal and a Coke.

In the altered version, the men wore identical outfits and sat in the same positions. However, the meal was different, with Kennedy enjoying a bowl of stuffing and Don Jr. holding a slice of pie instead of a large McDonald’s fries.

Despite sharing a photo of him chowing down on a fake meal, the health-conscious Republican didn’t share his Thanksgiving day plans with his fans like last year. 

A year ago, the 71-year-old Kennedy was caught deep-frying his Turkey with no shoes on. 

In a video, he explains that the oil used was beef tallow, showing a box full of the white rendered fat to the camera.

The Health Secretary, 71, took to X this afternoon to wish his one million followers a happy Thanksgiving. He included an edited photo of him, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Elon Musk and House Speaker Mike Johnson 

The group are eating McDonald’s in the original photo posted by Don Jr in November 2024

As he precariously lowered the bird into the pot, he said at the time: ‘This is the dangerous part,’ while the beef tallow bubbled and cracked away.

RFK then asked his wife, Cheryl Hines: ‘Honey, are you going to eat some of this?’ as she popped her head into frame and added: ‘No, I don’t eat turkey.’ 

The video then cuts to him 40 minutes later, as he pulled the bird from the hot oil without any shoes on, as he said: ‘That’s going to be delicious.’

It is not recommended to deep fry your turkey on Thanksgiving. 

RFK Jr has previously made comments about the President’s diet after being forced to eat McDonald’s.

‘The stuff he eats is really, like bad,’ Kennedy said on the Joe Polish Show, adding that most of Trump’s food choices are filled with ‘poison.’ 

‘Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes onto that airplane is, like, just poison,’ he said, adding that you only get a choice of Big Macs or KFC.

Kennedy has promised, as a part of his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, to also crack down on food with additives, pesticides and toxic chemicals – many of which feature in McDonald’s items, including what was on his plate.

RFK Jr has previously made comments about the president’s diet after being forced to eat McDonald’s, which he claims is ‘poison’

Last year, the health-conscious Republican shared a video of him deep-frying a turkey, which is not recommended  

McDonald’s Big Macs are known to have Xanthan gum and dextrose in them.

Dextrose is commonly used as a sweetener additive. It is a simple sugar made from corn or wheat that acts in the body as glucose – or blood sugar.

It has been linked to liver abnormalities and can be especially dangerous in people who are at risk of or have diabetes because it can disrupt glucose levels and cause insulin resistance.

Insulin resistance causes the body’s cells to stop responding to the hormone insulin, which controls the amount of sugar in the blood. When sugar isn’t able to enter cells and builds up in the blood, it can lead to type 2 diabetes.

Dextrose is used in multiple foods at McDonald’s, including the breakfast item Sausage McGriddle.

Xanthan gum is a common food additive known to cause gas and bloating, and despite it being considered ‘completely safe’ for humans to ingest, it can lead to digestive issues.