JFK Grandson Reacts To President Trump Declassifying JFK Assassination Files

The grandson son of President John F. Kennedy has responded to President Trump’s executive order to declassify the assassination files of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, wasn’t impressed by Trump’s move and took to social media to criticize the 47th president.

Schlossberg wrote, “Declassification is using JFK as a political prop when he’s not here to punch back.”

He added, “There’s nothing heroic about it.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy had the opposite repsonse and stated Trump’s decison was a “great move.”

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Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he’s not here to punch back.

There’s nothing heroic about it.

Jack

— Jack Schlossberg (@JBKSchlossberg) January 23, 2025

Here’s what Fox News reported:

President Donald Trump’s executive order to declassify the JFK files left one of the 35th president’s descendants unimpressed. Jack Schlossberg, former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, made his stance on the order clear in a post on X, saying that there was “nothing heroic” about Trump’s latest move.

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“Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he’s not here to punch back,” Schlossberg wrote. “There’s nothing heroic about it.”

After signing the order, which included the declassification of files on the assassinations of JFK, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., Trump told reporters that “everything will be revealed.”

RFK Jr., son of the late senator and Trump’s HHS nominee, told press that the order was a “great move” on the president’s part. He believes that the move will bring “more transparency” and it shows that Trump is “keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the American people about everything.” Kennedy has called for answers on his father and uncle’s assassinations.

RFK Jr. is thrilled that President Trump declassified all JFK, RFK, and MLK assassination files.

“I think it's a great move because we need to have more transparency in our government.”

“He is keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the American people… pic.twitter.com/R17PLW3rX7

— End Tribalism in Politics (@EndTribalism) January 24, 2025

Per The New York Post:

Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg accused President Trump of using slain President John F. Kennedy as a “political prop,” after the commander-in-chief issued an order Thursday to declassify files tied to his grandfather’s murder.

The 32-year-old grandson of the 35th president took to social media to brush aside the bombshell announcement Trump made about long-held government secrets tied to JFK’s assassination, along with those of Schlossberg’s great-uncle Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King from decades ago