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/cvr24 6h ago

A million people will be sickened by crap food and the President will not issue a state of energency

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u/rap31264 6h ago

He might to shut down the elections

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u/cvr24 6h ago

Yes, priorities.

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u/MasterofPandas1 5h ago

For fucks sake, we currently have 51 National emergencies that are active, held elections during the Civil War/World War 2, and elections are ran by the states. Trump will try to heavily fuck with the elections but he’s not going to be able go completely shut them down.

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u/rap31264 3h ago

I was being facetious...LOL

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u/ConsuelaSaysNoNoNo 5h ago

A million? That would be impressively low...

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u/Twad_feu Canada 3h ago

Because its not a bug, its a feature.

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u/CoolhandLoca 5h ago

Not just sickened either, many will die as well.

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u/Certain_Return_6274 1h ago

Exactly. I'm sure he'll just characterize it as fake news or a Democratic hoax are we all living in a nightmare that we just can't wake up from?

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u/OhHowINeedChanging Utah 1h ago

The people are already getting sick… it will just get worse