This is his first move that really makes me think...WTF.
Letting any Kennedy into your administration is like having a pit viper in the bed with you at night.
“There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”
Michael Corleone
Note: the bolded portion is ranked #58 in the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. That portion has often been attributed to Sun Tzu and sometimes to Niccolò Machiavelli, but there are no published sources yet found which predate its use in this film. There is, however,an Italian proverb that follows closely: “Dai nemici mi guardo io dagli amici mi guardi dio!” – I can protect myself from my enemies, may God protect me from my friends. Voltaire said, “God protect me from my friends, I’ll take care of my enemies”.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II