Consider the likely reaction of a big-time movie producer if a script-writer brought him a storyline that began with a US President-in-waiting nominating as his health chieftain a fellow politely described as a “vaccine sceptic” who wants to remove fluoride from all US water supplies.

Oh yes, and the Prez-to-be, in this nutso script, had tapped as his “efficiency” chief a Dr Strangelove billionaire type, credited with losing $24 billion for himself and fellow investors after buying Twitter and renaming it X. Efficient.

Scriptwriters would struggle: Kennedy Jr, Trump and Musk.Credit: Michael Howard

The producer would surely be yelling for the scriptwriter to be removed from his damned office by the time he began outlining how the about-to-be defence secretary was a........

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