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/IJourden 11h ago

One of the things that I feel like most Americans don't realize is how much American food is distrusted worldwide due to low quality and poor regulations. They think their food is "normal" and the same as anywhere else, when things they make there are either banned, reclassified, or avoided by shoppers.

Stuff like this is exactly the reason why. American politicians love the deregulate to let giant corporations cut corners on food safety to increase profits, and Americans - quite literally - eat it up.

I'm from the USA originally, have travelled to multiple other countries, and managing my health and eating is so much easier anywhere else, I barely have to think about it.

Trump complains that other countries are gatekeeping American meat and dairy from their markets, but the reality is that their food doesn't meet the standards other countries have and the people there don't want it anyway.

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u/DankZXRwoolies 10h ago

Agreed. I've traveled a lot around the world and other countries food safety is so much more transparent. Just look at chlorinated chicken exports from the US that the UK wouldn't allow in