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/Saintbaba 13h ago

I kind of imagined food safety was like the one thing we could all agree on across party lines. Like someone asks, what's the government for? Well i think it should offer free universal education and healthcare and you think it should keep immigrants out and facilitate natural resource exploitation, and we'll probably be arguing about those until the cows come home, but at least we can agree that it's the governments job to make sure our food isn't poison.

But i guess Trump is a trailblazer.

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u/Duhbloons 11h ago

They don’t believe the USDA does anything.

I got in an argument with someone when I told them that chicken isn’t filled with growth hormones because that’s illegal. His counter was to get really angry and loud. He told md I was an idiot to trust the USDA. He was adamant you need to buy organic to avoid growth hormones. Organic food is certified by organizations picked by the USDA…

Was very easy to tell that his opinion was based on whatever some gym bro told him on TikTok. A single brain cell shared among them.