Robert F Kennedy Jr has suspended his campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump, claiming the Democratic party had “set itself to dismantling” democracy and conspired to keep him out of the race.
The third-party candidate had been polling at less than 5 per cent and failed to secure a place on the ballot in many states during an eccentric campaign punctuated by stories of a worm that ate part of his brain and a dead bear he dumped in New York’s Central Park.
“I want everyone to know that I am not terminating my campaign. I am simply suspending it and not ending it,” Kennedy, son of Robert F Kennedy and nephew of John F Kennedy, said on Friday.