JFK’s grandson breaks silence after Trump’s order to release final files on Kennedy assassination
The grandson of late President John F. Kennedy has spoken out after Donald Trump ordered for documents regarding the 1963 assassination to be declassified.
The 47th President of the USA, who was sworn in on Monday (20 January), hasn't wasted any time since moving back into the White House.
He has already signed a host of executive orders, made an extreme law change, had a reshuffle of staff and most importantly, got his Diet Coke button reinstalled in the Oval Office.
And on Thursday (23 January), Trump stunned the world by ordering officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most high-profile assassinations on US soil.
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Trump told the crowd at his inauguration on Monday: "As the first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the over-classification of government documents.
"And in the coming days, we are going to make public remaining records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
The secret files on the three murders will be made public within 15 days, according to the BBC.
As he put pen to paper and signed the executive order, Trump - who has survived an assassination attempt himself - told reporters: "That's a big one, huh? A lot of people are waiting for this for long, for years, for decades.
"And everything will be revealed."
The President had previously discussed the prospect of releasing the classified documents on JFK during an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast last year.
The revelation came before Trump announced JFK's nephew, Robert F Kennedy Jr (known as RFK), was his presumptive nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in his second cabinet.
During the election campaign, Trump promised RFK to reveal more about what happened to his relative.
Now, JFK's grandson Jack Schlossberg has addressed the news that the documents about the slain President's 1963 murder will be declassified.
Schlossberg accused the commander in chief of using his relative as a 'politic prop' in a social media post.
In a post on X, he wrote: "JFK conspiracy theories - The truth is a lot sadder than the myth - a tragedy that didn’t need to happen.
"Not part of an inevitable grand scheme. Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he’s not here to punch back. There’s nothing heroic about it."
The political correspondent, 32, then told a social media user who asked had he already read the files: "I know everything d*ck."
Another user then told Schlossberg that 'JFK would absolutely be ashamed of what his kin have become', prompting him to share another scathing response.
He said: "I’d love to speak to JFK from beyond the grave just let me know how best to reach him and then I’ll start behaving with some class per his instructions in the meantime there is traffic I’m gonna go play in it come you first."
JFK was shot in the head as he drove through Dallas, Texas, in November 1963, with Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly pulling the trigger.
Conspiracy theories about the assassination are still pedalled today, as Oswald was shot dead himself two days after the incident.
It is currently unclear what will be included in the secret documents, although Trump has already had a sneak peek at them.
He told Rogan in the days before the 2024 presidential election: "I did partially open [the files]. I think I've opened 50 percent but I was asked not to do it, and I thought that was a reasonable ask.
"But now I'm going to do it I'm going to do it very soon there's a lot of interest in it."
Topics: Donald Trump, History, Politics, US News, Conspiracy Theory
Olivia Burke