Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard are angling for positions in a possible Trump administration, hoping to help spark an anti-establishment surge in Washington post-November.

The two former Democrats, who have enthusiastically endorsed Trump’s Republican nomination for the White House, want to influence American policy issues ranging from health care and the environment to national security. They jumped on board with the former president after moving rightward following their own quixotic runs — Gabbard’s in 2020 and Kennedy’s in 2024.

Gabbard, a military veteran who served as a Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii before retiring, said this week that she would “be honored to serve” under a second Trump term. She told Fox News that she’s hoping for a role working on foreign policy while stumping for him in Georgia.

Kennedy, meanwhile, wants to help Trump dismantle and rebuild the public health care system and said his former rival has asked him to “be involved in the administration at a high level.”

The two are now headed for Nevada this weekend, hitting a third battleground after Arizona and Georgia, in the hopes that they will elevate Trump’s chances of success with voters in Las Vegas.

The positive expectation-setting from Trump himself has excited Kennedy and Gabbard allies, who see them already helping to form a non-traditional coalition they hope can win less than two months from Election Day.

“I truly believe [Trump] will keep his word and not hose Kennedy,” said Eric Jackman, a senior adviser for the newly formed Kennedy-aligned Make America Healthy Again PAC, modeled after Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan.

“He understands he will........

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