Exclusive | Who is the real Schlossberg serious politician, fantasist, internet troll, or all three?

With the Camelot legacy behind him, it makes sense that Jack Schlossberg — the only grandson of President John F.Kennedy — is running for political office, just like so many of his family before him.But the 33-year-old, who is running for Congress to represent Manhattan’s 12th district, is weighed down by his history of controversial online antics, a lackluster job history and a platform that, so far, has few specifics.Schlossberg has got a lot of attention for being a firebrand on social media, and when he met with The Post this week, he returned to a frequent target who is very close to him, in Secretary of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., whose views on science and vaccines he is against.“I wish he hadn’t been doing what he’s doing,” said Schlossberg, referring to RFK Jr.“Nobody wants to be the one who’s fighting with your family in public.”He told The Post his mother, US ambassador Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, was reluctant to speak out against their cousin when she issued a public letter to Senators, calling Kennedy Jr.
“a predator” with “dangerous views” on the eve of his confirmation hearings for the cabinet-level post last year.“My mother didn’t want to put the letter up,” he said, adding that he posted the letter on his social media platforms.“She wishes that it wasn’t happening but it wasn’t her choice.We were pushed into the pool and we didn’t want anyone to be confused about what we believe and what President’s Kennedy’s support would be and how dangerous it was to our future.”The Trump administration is another of Schlosberg’s frequent targets, which he also credits as a source of his popularity, having amassed 874,000 followers on Instagram.“Social media is an amazing way to build trust and people who come up to me, who know my Instagram, often thank me.
At first I couldn’t believe it,” he said.“Especially at the beginning of the Trump administration … There weren...