Kennedy will make a big announcement in Arizona on Friday, just hours before Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, holds a nearby campaign event.

On Friday, the spotlight will fall on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former Democrat who is now an independent candidate for president. Many expect him to announce that he will end his White House campaign.

Kennedy’s campaign claims that their candidate will “address the nation in live broadcast on Friday regarding the current historical moment and the path he is taking.”

Kennedy withdrawn his name from Arizona’s ballot on the day before his Arizona event, which seemed to be a further indication of his intention to drop out of this race.

The biggest question is whether Kennedy’s expected exit from the race in 2024 will give Donald Trump, former president of the United States, a slight but significant boost when he faces Vice President Kamala Harris.

Karl Rove, a Fox News contributor and veteran Republican strategist, referred to the two previous presidential elections in which third-party candidates played a significant role.

“[Green Party candidate Jill Stein got more votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania than Hillary Clinton lost those states by,” Rove noted as he pointed to Trump’s victory over the Democrats’ 2016 presidential nominee.|Rove pointed out that “[Green Party Candidate Jill Stein] got more votes than Hillary Clinton lost these states by in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania,” as he referred to Trump’s 2016 victory over the Democratic nominee for president.}

Rove said that in 2020, Jo Jorgensen (the Libertarian candidate) got more votes than Donald Trump lost these states by. In each case, it was the difference between victory and defeat.

Kennedy, the scion from the most famous political family in the United States, is a longtime vaccine skeptic and environmentalist. He launched his unlikely campaign for the Democratic nomination to the presidency last April. Last October, however, the 70 year-old candidate decided to run as an independent for the White House.

Kennedy, who had always identified himself as a Democrat, and often invoked the names of his father – Senator Robert F. Kennedy – and his uncle – former President John F. Kennedy – both assassinated during the 1960s, has in recent years developed relationships with leaders on far-right.

The Democratic National Committee and President Biden’s campaign have repeatedly attacked Kennedy for months as a possible spoiler, whose supporters might hand Trump the presidential election in November.

Kennedy, however, remained a constant thorn in Biden’s side since last year. This continued until the president announced last month that his reelection campaign was over and he would be endorsing Harris.

After Kennedy switched to running as an independent candidate, the Trump campaign began attacking him. They called him a “radical” and criticized him for his environmental activism.

The relationship between Kennedy, Trump, and others began to warm up earlier this year. They spoke in person last month, after the attempted assassination of Trump.

In a podcast, Kennedy’s running mate Nicole Shanahan made headlines earlier this week when she said that the campaign considered whether it should “join forces with Trump” to prevent Harris from winning the election in 2024.

“I would be very honored if he endorses me.” It would make me very proud. Trump told Fox and Friends on Thursday that Trump’s heart was in the right place.

Kennedy’s event will be held in Phoenix just a few hours before Trump’s rally in Glendale.

A release from the campaign of the former president announced that Trump would be joined by an invited guest to discuss his America First policies, his vision for lowering inflation, the cost-of-living, securing the border and making our cities safe. This sparked speculation over a possible Kennedy endorsement.

Trump called Fox News after Vice President Kamala Harris gave her nomination acceptance speech Thursday night. Fox News anchors Bretbaier and Martha McCallum noted that Trump and Kennedy were in the same state and asked Trump if Kennedy will endorse him on Friday. Trump replied slyly: “It is possible that we may be meeting tomorrow and we’ll discuss it.”

Kennedy’s campaign is in a downward spiral. Kennedy’s last public appearance was on July 9 in Freeport Maine. Even before then, however, his polling numbers, which were once in the teens, had declined.

According to the most recent Fox News poll conducted between August 9-12, Kennedy received 6% of support.

He was also losing money in his fundraising. According to campaign finance reports, he only had $3.9 million on hand at the beginning of July and nearly $3.5 millions of debt.

Larry Sabato, a well-known political handicapper who is non-partisan and does not take sides, argued on social media that “Kennedy barely matters.”

He can’t get much support from Trump. Trump. Sabato predicts that Trump’s supporters will split.

Rove, who was the brains behind George W. Bush’s two White House elections victories, stated that if Kennedy “endorses Trump, I sense the people who supported him because he is a Kennedy and they did not like Biden have dissipated in the last four or five weeks, and his supporters are likely to be people more inclined towards voting for Trump than Harris.”

Alex Castellanos is a veteran Republican consultant, who has served as a leader in the campaigns of all four GOP presidential candidates. He said that if Kennedy dropped out and backed Trump, it “could help in two different ways.”

“One, he is an outsider. And Trump is an outsider. Castellanos argued that because RFK was kicked out of the Democratic Establishment, Trump’s anti-Washington message is amplified.

He said that “RFK is the K of Kennedy, and that brand still holds magic.” This brand is Camelot. What could have been, but was not. Donald Trump is the one who needs to be optimistic and help him reach the future. “I think that the brand is more valuable than the one to two percent he could bring to the Trump Campaign.”

Marie Harf, Fox News contributor and Democratic strategist, said, “Democrats wonder what will happen when he (Kennedy) drops out. If his presence in the race took votes away from Trump, then those votes will now go back to Trump.”

Harf emphasized that “it’s already a close race, and it will get even closer if all of the RFK voters go to Trump.”