The details around the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have long been a mystery, but one thing that’s abundantly clear is how his grandson, commentator Jack Schlossberg, feels about Donald Trump unsealing records around the event, which he said he and the extended Kennedy family were not warned about—with one notable exception.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning, Schlossberg tore into what he characterized as political theater from Trump.
“President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather—but not in his life or what he achieved in it,” Schlossberg wrote. “No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass.”
The one descendant who was in the know, he claimed on social media, was his cousin, Trump cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
On Tuesday evening, Schlossberg wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the document drop was “a total surprise, and not shocker!!” He continued, “But @RobertKennedyJr definitely knew.”
Schlossberg has been clear about his opinion of the current Secretary of Health and Human Services-slash-MAHA Czar: Doesn’t like the guy.
“I’ve listened to him. I know him,” he said in a video posted to Instagram in July 2023, while Kennedy was still a presidential hopeful. “I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president.” His mother, Caroline Kennedy, also spoke out ahead of the election, along with other members of the family.
Schlossberg’s Wednesday missives grouped Secretary Kennedy in with Trump, listing off JFK’s achievements in areas like civil rights, foreign aid, funding for the arts, and not being best buddies with Russia, contrasted with the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse that legacy.
“These men are stealing history from present and future generations—by appropriating the past for their criminal agenda, they normalize themselves in the minds of those without living memory,” Schlossberg wrote.
The National Archives and Records Administration will post the newly declassified files to its website as they are digitized. The first new additions to the trove were posted Tuesday.
Schlossberg, who is a contributor to Vogue, which, like Vanity Fair, is owned by Conde Nast, declined to comment further to VF, referring to his previous statements.