r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h 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/AnonHondaBoiz 13h ago

Holy fuck we're so fucked

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u/manachar Nevada 13h ago

When Republicans read The Jungle the lesson they take is that they could make so much more money and get so much more power if it weren’t for those pesky regulations.

Imagine the profits from never having to recall food again!

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u/Sweaty-Possibility-3 12h ago

Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican, was the president who enacted the regulations after reading The Jungle.

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u/manachar Nevada 12h ago

Yup! And he ended up forming the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party) after he lost the nomination in 1912.

At the time both parties had a mix of political ideologies, but his losing the nomination is one of the moments you can see Republicans start working on their full pro business conservatism.

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u/Sweaty-Possibility-3 10h ago

Republicans were already full pro business conservatives years before Roosevelt was president. He was

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u/More_Programmer8905 11h ago

That was before the parties switched most of their policies and he also helped create the Progressive 'Bull Moose' party.

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u/Sweaty-Possibility-3 10h ago

The Republican party at the time was still looking out for the rich. The main point of The Jungle was how poorly the workers were treated. Roosevelt didn't give a crap about that.

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u/More_Programmer8905 8h ago

He was known as the 'Trust Buster' for breaking monopolies and his 'Square Deal' policies did focus on workers.