The Trump campaign reportedly rejected an offer from independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to exchange his endorsement for a high-level position in Trump's administration, according to the Washington Post.

Four different sources, none of which were named, said Kennedy asked to be put in charge of a portfolio of health and medical issues, but that Trump's campaign thought it could be problematic because of Kennedy's views on these issues, such as his strong anti-vaccine stance.

The discussions took place within a day of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the sources said.

Kennedy addressed the reports by saying the following during a Monday interview:

All I will say to you is I am willing to talk to anybody from either political party who wants to talk about children’s health and how to end the chronic disease epidemic. I have a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months. Instead, they have allocated millions to try to disrupt my campaign.

"In it to win it"

Kennedy said he was continuing his campaign. "We are in it to win it," he said.

“President Trump met with RFK and they had a conversation about the issues just as he does regularly with important figures in business and politics because they all recognize he will be the next president of the United States,” a Trump spokesperson said.

One of the sources who knows both Trump and Kennedy said that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was included in a group text to Kennedy along with a phone number used by Trump.

There was then a phone call later that day between Kennedy and Trump. Other discussions followed, but nothing definitive was decided.

Not over yet

Some of the sources thought it might still be possible for Kennedy to get a position in Trump's administration at a future date.

But publicly, Kennedy has criticized the "corporate" figures Trump put in other positions in his previous administration, those he might hire if he wins this time, and his vice-presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).

In April, Kennedy told CNN, "There are many things President Trump has done that are appalling.”

Trump has done his fair share of attacking Kennedy, publicly calling him a “Democrat ‘Plant’” and a “Radical Left Liberal.”

Kennedy polls under 15% when all five likely candidates are included, and failed to qualify for the presidential debate in June, so it's unclear how he plans to "win it."

Those polls were taken before President Joe Biden stepped down as the presumptive Democrat nominee, so there could be some movement in the aftermath of the chaos that is the Democrat party right now.