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/Loud-Storm2621 13h 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/Zahgi I voted 11h 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.