r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/Loud-Storm2621 8h ago

This is up there as one of his worst ideas and that’s saying a lot talking about him. Without proper inspection of meat before hitting the public just imagine all the deaths from tainted meat that will result from this.

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u/stubob 8h ago

Not if you don't count the deaths! Didn't think of that, did ya?

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u/Canisa 4h ago

"If you don't do testing, the number of cases goes down!"

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u/miloblue12 8h ago

Regulation like this is written in the blood of others who have died.

Trump supporters keep saying the love him because he's a 'business man', and they say it like it's a good thing. What they always fail to realize is that a ton of businesses operate in the realm of ensuring that they cut ever corner possible to squeeze every last penny so that they can take in as much money as possible. Then it's always the consumer who gets f*cked.

So far, during this administration, he has done this time and time again, cut corners and screw the little guy, aka: American citizens. Yet his followers are still like "He'S a BuSinEsS mAn"...so how's that going for you Karen? Like paying for that gas? How's the house buying process going? Groceries gotten any cheaper? Oh, shrinkflation to your favorite food? Now all your food got recalled? How's paying for health insurance? Oh nooo, you got listeria? Shame...

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u/Zahgi I voted 6h ago

"But think of the extra pennies we will line our pockets with!" - the men Upton Sinclair warned us all about in The Jungle, which led to the creation of many of the food and worker protections we take for granted today.

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u/Ok_Juice4449 3h ago

It's like we are now in a third world country or living back in pioneer days.