Trump ally might soon depart after court loss shows 'wheels are coming off': author

Robert Davis
March 17, 2026 
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Jonathan Martin (MSNBC screenshot


One of President Donald Trump's allies might soon depart the administration after a recent court loss revealed that the "wheels are coming off," according to one author.

On Monday, a federal judge in Boston overturned some of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s most controversial policies, like revising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of recommended vaccines and changing the vaccine schedule for children. Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, argued in a new podcast interview that the court loss could cause Trump to think twice about keeping Kennedy around.

"I don't think anything looks good; it's not a good look," Wolff told Joanna Coles on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head." "And that's what Trump is going to start to say. That's the thing that's going to start to go around in his head."

Wolff also argued that the court ruling against Kennedy showed the "wheels are coming off" of the second Trump administration.

"The wheels are coming off ... in so many ways," he said. "And even before the war in Iran started, politically, he was in a very complicated position ... His inability to read the room when it comes to putting his name on buildings. I mean, his own numbers are terrible. Sinking. Sinking fast. And then the war comes along. So we're going to go from a political crisis to a political catastrophe."

"That's where we are now, in the second year of the second Trump term," he added. "We're getting to the point, because it's the second term, in which he's not going to be able to recover."