December 16, 2024

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In spring 2024, Calley Means had a vision inside a sweat tent in Austin. The food and pharma lobbyist turned health-start-up entrepreneur, who, along with his sister, Casey, wrote the best-selling book Good Energy, about the rise of chronic disease, was at a campaign event supporting RFK Jr., then a third-party presidential candidate. The two sat beside each other, dripping with perspiration and praying over the future of the country. That’s when Calley, who once identified as a Never Trumper, saw in his mind’s eye the candidate standing side by side with his rival Donald Trump.

As he later recounted on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Calley was struck by a realization: “What RFK represents is actually what Trump represents, and actually what almost every American’s feeling,” a sense that “something doesn’t quite feel right.” A few months later, he called RFK Jr., asking if he would be willing to get on a call with Trump to discuss combining forces. RFK Jr. agreed.

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By Madame Clairevoyant

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