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Spoiler Campaign?

Kennedy announced his decision to remove his name from the ballot in "about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler." However, he urged voters in states where he remains on the ballot to still cast their votes for him.

It is difficult to analyze the impact of the Trump-Kennedy alliance.

Kennedy is currently polling an average of 4% to 5% in most swing state polls. In most swing states Democrat candidate Kamala Harris are Donald Trump are running neck-and-neck. And are only separated by about 3 points. 

Some of Kennedy's supporters in Arizona expressed their intention to back Trump following the endorsement. 

Talking Policy

Kennedy shared that he and Trump had begun discussing issues such as food safety, foreign policy, and domestic investment earlier in the campaign. 

"We talked not about the things that separate us — because we don't agree on everything — but on the values and the issues that bind us together," Kennedy explained.

Kennedy also posed several rhetorical questions to the audience: "Don't you want a president who's going to get us out of the wars and who's going to rebuild the middle class in this country? Don't you want a president who's going to protect America's freedoms? And who's going to protect us against totalitarianism?"

Earlier in the day, during a separate event in Las Vegas, Trump reiterated his commitment to eliminating taxes on tips for service workers, a policy that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris embraced after he announced it.

"In our case, we mean it," Trump said. "Somebody I know just copied it. You know that’s not going to happen."

Kennedy’s campaign suspension leaves Trump and Harris as the two major candidates moving forward to the general election in November. While Kennedy has endorsed Trump, he still encouraged his supporters to vote for him in states where his name remains on the ballot.

"I want to thank Bobby. That was very nice," Trump said during Friday's rally, expressing his appreciation for Kennedy’s endorsement. "That was really very nice. That's big."