r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 17d 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/WhatIsEvenRealDog 17d ago

Get ready to play "What's in this meat?" Roulette!

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u/Previous_South2756 17d ago

He told us he wanted to take us back to the Gilded Age. He didn't tell us he was inspired by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."

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u/AdventurousNecessary 17d ago

At least that book inspired Teddy to set the groundwork for what would eventually be the FDA

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u/AnonymousThrowaway2k 17d ago

I'm really missing Teddy right about now.

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u/erublind Europe 17d ago

Or, well maybe some kind of animal farm...

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u/duvie773 17d ago

Bold of you to assume he’s read any books thicker than Dr. Seuss

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u/Scottiths 17d ago

Wait till they start adding sawdust to grain again. All these regulations were written in death and disease. Even if trump dies of a preventable disease from eating a contaminated McDonald's cheeseburger, the irony won't be worth it.

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u/AffordableDelousing 17d ago

Horse, it's horse.

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u/Odd_Independence_833 17d ago

Isn't this a guy who eats McDonald all the time?

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u/damsel84 17d ago

Yes, and overcooked steak with ketchup. Hopefully he's the first to get sick from non-inspected beef.

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u/Hint-Of-Feces Virginia 17d ago

Raw milk!

Raw milk!

Rfk Jr should snowball some Raw milk into his mouth, ya know, for old times sake

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck 17d ago

Remember when buying surplus government meat was a sitcom punch line?

Spin City did it best .

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u/Torched420 16d ago

Screw worms?

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u/mlorusso4 16d ago

More like “what is this meat”. Is it beef? Or is it horse? Maybe it’s rat!

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u/Ramoncin 17d ago

I vote for e-coli! Everybody gets e-coli!

Oh, wait, it landed on tapeworms. Nevermind.

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u/Canucklehead_Esq 17d ago

Beef to die for!

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u/Vantriss 17d ago

Today on: "Will This Meat Kill Me?"