Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Expected to End His Presidential Campaign Short on cash and losing traction with voters, Mr. Kennedy intends to make a speech about his political future on Friday.

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Expected to End His Presidential Campaign

Short on cash and losing traction with voters, Mr. Kennedy intends to make a speech about his political future on Friday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to end his troubled independent presidential campaign this week, according to three people briefed on his plans, and is in talks to throw his support behind former President Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Kennedy’s campaign said on Wednesday that he intended to address his “path forward” in a speech from Phoenix on Friday, the same day that Mr. Trump is expected to hold a rally in nearby Glendale, Ariz.

Three of the people briefed on Mr. Kennedy’s plans emphasized that nothing was final, and that the iconoclastic Mr. Kennedy could still change his mind, but said that plans were in the works for him to appear alongside Mr. Trump on Friday. Some people close to Mr. Kennedy were still arguing against an endorsement, according to two of the people.

Mr. Kennedy’s backing of Mr. Trump would be the culmination of weeks of discussions, brokered by high-level intermediaries, between the two men.