Why Kennedy drop­ping out would serve as a boon for Trump

After near­ly a month of bad news, the Trump cam­paign could get an injec­tion of ener­gy in the form of inde­pen­dent pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drop­ping out.
Kennedy is wide­ly expect­ed to end his long-shot bid for the White House on Fri­day after months of fight­ing to get bal­lot access in enough states to make him­self com­pet­i­tive in Novem­ber. His with­draw­al could also come with an endorse­ment for for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.
Ana­lysts debat­ed Kennedy’s effect on the race until Pres­i­dent Joe Biden dropped out in favor of Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris. The con­sen­sus has been that he has tak­en away votes large­ly from Trump. His run­ning mate, Nicole Shana­han, began open­ly flirt­ing with the idea of “join­ing forces” with Trump against Har­ris this week, lead­ing to an announce­ment that Kennedy …