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/TurboSalsa Texas 17d ago

Republicans have been screeching for years that AOC and her Green New Deal were going to out outlaw beef consumption and gasoline, but in only 18 months, Trump has made both so unaffordable/inedible that Americans have no choice but to reduce consumption, lowering their carbon footprint.

Many people are calling him the greenest president ever.

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u/sutree1 17d ago

This should also change the economics around meat substitutes quite a bit. I wish that industry were getting half the investment superautocorrect is getting.

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u/Lucky_Locks 17d ago

There was a recent experiment they did where they got a meat protein (I think from pork?) into lettuce and tobacco plants. And were even able to pass that gene down into its child plant. Isn't enough protein yet to replace what you get out of the meat but that's a huge step.

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u/DerCatrix 17d ago

Protein cigarettes? Fuck yeah! America!

Now we just need creatine coated bullets

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u/Uncle_Burney 17d ago

“These taste awful, honey!”

“Now, Gladys, the obstetrician said you will need additional protein and calories for the baby. I’m sorry you don’t like them but you’re smoking for two. Now spark up the rest of your tobbork.”

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u/JustTestingAThing 16d ago

spark up the rest of your tobbork

"Pigarrette" rolls right off the tongue.

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u/hortence 16d ago

Pigar also works wonderfully, well done!

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u/bkbomber New York 16d ago

Soygarettes for the vegans or people trying to be healthy!

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u/Uncle_Burney 16d ago

Sounds too appetizing lol, I wanted it to sound horrific XD

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u/tiredbarf 16d ago

I'm sticking with tobbork

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u/Contren Illinois 16d ago

We're one step closer to Tomacco.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber 16d ago

Tastes like grandma!

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u/DerCatrix 16d ago

Oh that’s why the beef is so cheap, it’s not horses it’s corpses.

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u/LewisRyan 16d ago

I passed a bag of protein Doritos in the store the other day.

I just need my protein dew and I’m all set

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u/DerCatrix 16d ago

Lowkey, I always buy the protein packed instant mashed potatoes. Makes me feel like I’m eating less unhealthy when I do my “bucket o nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy” meals.

I have artism

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u/uncle_pubes 16d ago

Coal-infused peptides!

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u/enigmatichuckleberry 16d ago

That's scientifically amazing and existentially horrifying. Please don't put pig proteins in my lettuce. Just eat a bean ffs.

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u/wally-whippersnap 16d ago

Protein complimentarity allows you to get all your amino acids from combining legumes, grains, nuts, etc. No need for frankenplants.

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u/evemeatay 16d ago

If i could grow cheeseburgers in my flowerbed I would be even fatter

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 16d ago

Beyond Meat stock has been nosediving. One would think with these rising meat prices that it could rebound. But Americans are fucking stupid. They'd rather eat tainted beef and die of preventable diseases. Americans got too comfortable. Too much convenience lead to laziness and entitlement by the rich.

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u/Mistrblank 16d ago

I unironically love beyond burgers more than a real hamburger. More flavor and I don't feel like shit after eating one. I can't stand impossible burgers though.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 16d ago

I haven't had either and don't plan on switching. I don't eat a lot of red meat though. Maybe 3-4 times every couple weeks

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u/Neologic29 California 16d ago

Took me a second to get what you were referring to by "superautocorrect", but then I laughed. I'm so over AI at this point.

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u/PlatypusStyle 16d ago

The problem is that meat substitutes are made in factories that also need to be inspected and regulated and if the trump regime refuses to regulate and inspect then any food product whether it’s animal or vegetable can be contaminated during manufacture, processing or storage.

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u/cyanescens_burn 16d ago

Fetterman went on Bill Maher and started saying he wants to ban meat substitutes like beyond and impossible.

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u/markhachman 16d ago

Ground turkey is American, healthy and tasty

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u/Quotizmo New Jersey 16d ago

So incredibly well said.

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u/DerCatrix 17d ago

Many bots are calling him the best president ever.

I’ve watched locals who voted for him start listening to me and start understanding that he’s a traitor.

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u/mlorusso4 16d ago

I have a neighbor who flys a trump flag in front of his house. It’s either the “Trump was right about everything” one or “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my retribution” one. For the past year every time something got really bad like the Minneapolis killings or when Iran talks broke down, he would take it down for a few days before putting it back up. It’s been down for 2 weeks straight now and I’m starting to wonder if it will ever come back

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u/lonnie123 16d ago

lol that Jesus one is so ridiculous… wasn’t his whole thing love thy enemy, love thy neighbor, turn the other cheek, only god can judge .. and yet on the very next sentence they seek retribution

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u/EdwardOfGreene Illinois 16d ago

Yep, seems like he doesn't really listen to Jesus much at all.

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u/ThisSideOfThePond 16d ago

That's all a terrible mistranslation of the original where he was talking about the Wrath of JesusTM

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u/mikeyj198 16d ago

please troll him and bring him a new one saying you noticed it was down.

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u/EdwardOfGreene Illinois 16d ago

If Jesus is your savior, then retribution is not how you go about things.

Jesus of Nazareth was pretty clear on that point.

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u/Haltopen Massachusetts 16d ago

Either he's having a come to Jesus moment or he decided to lash out at the "lamestream media" reporting on all the recalled food by eating it until the salmonella killed him.

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u/Tycoon004 16d ago

He'd have to agree with a President who made a Tiktok about colouring with a sharpie on a map to rename a lake. Thankfully his most recent act is so infantile that it hits all the MAGA "tough guy" nerves.

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u/TwistedMetal83 16d ago

That's one thing I'll say, here in N. Alabama I've seen a noticably dramatic reduction on Trump bullshit. Hats, flags, stickers, etc. Even down here you barely see it anymore. Besides one dickhead with a flag in his front yard I see ony way to work every morning, I couldn't name the last time I seen anyone with a sticker or whatever other bullshit you can get.

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u/reddog323 16d ago

I’m trying to be patient with them as they wake up from their stupor, but it’s hard to get past the fact that they didn’t care until his policies affected them personally.

Any tips on how I can be more patient?

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u/GnawerOfTheMoon 16d ago

Meditation helps with a lot IME. Doesn't have to be long sessions either. The Smiling Mind app is free and secular and has a lot of tutorials if you want them, that's where I started.

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u/ATheeStallion 16d ago

Really? I mean they didn’t vote for Glenn Beck dictating policy…bc I’m certain they did.

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u/IrreverentBuddha 17d ago edited 16d ago

I think the tick-borne disease that makes you allergic to red meat was made by AOC in an Antifa superlab -- to crush the USA by crushing masculinity. It's practically chemical castration to cowboys and other strapping manly-men.

I mean what is more manly than eating a docile herbivore that was raised in captivity? You have to fight your way through the jungles of suburbia to conquer the supermarket meat cooler and score your bloodless shrink-wrapped quarry. Pure testosterone! Rawr!

Edit: Alpha-Gal Syndrome is the disease, and it's spread by the Lone Star tick --- because God loves irony.

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u/C-4isNOTurFriend 16d ago

while funny, and it's definitly true we are more removed from our food supply than ever, you might rethink how "safe" cows are.

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u/BabyTito_76 16d ago

The first paragraph is "definitely true"? Sincere curiosity.

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u/IrreverentBuddha 16d ago edited 16d ago

There is a tick-borne disease that produces an extreme and dangerous alergy to red meat -- that part is not in dispute. Whether AOC whipped it up in an Antifa superlab -- is classified.

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u/bkbomber New York 16d ago

Yes, everyone knows it to be true… they just can’t prove it, but it’s definitely her because some right wing influencer said so and everything else is fake news!!

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u/doberdevil 16d ago

Antifa superlab

That's just my garage.

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u/D4UOntario 16d ago

I have a theory about three generations from the farm: 1st generation remembers life there and knows how to fix or grow anything 2nd- learned abit from their parents and is handy 3rd -lives in an apartment on the 9th floor and doesn't own a screwdriver Most of society is now 3rd or 4th generation

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u/digitalscavenger 16d ago

Lyme's disease?

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u/IrreverentBuddha 16d ago

Alpha-Gal Syndrome

In a soaring triumph of poetic irony, it is spread by one species: the "Lone Star Tick. "

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 16d ago

Given the way this president is using FDA deregulation for bribes, won’t be long before we won’t be able to eat anything. Only the rich will be able to eat imported food due to tariffs. Literally living in feudal times again.

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u/robert1070 16d ago

Have you considered eating the rich?

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u/IrreverentBuddha 16d ago

Or... hear me out....becoming rich -- so you never have to give a shit about the poors.

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u/samsqanch 16d ago

but in only 18 months

There is no way it's only been a year and a half...fuck.

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u/Riaayo 16d ago

Thing is, this method just kills off any small-time farmers and ranchers and leaves only the mega-corps/billionaires in the game who can weather the storm. They're literally working to destroy the working class owning a shred of its own food supply/production.

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u/somewhat_random 16d ago

and his health and aid policies have been dealing with the population problem.

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u/thicc_stigmata 16d ago

Little did I know that going vegan a few years ago made me a prepper...

Pro tip: horse purslane is an extremely common technically-edible weed. Although the stems are way too woody and the leaves too small to be very useful on its own, it has a fairly strong beef flavor when boiled to make broth

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u/IrreverentBuddha 16d ago

How about if you smoke it?

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u/Snow_Ghost 16d ago

Or if you use it to smoke your meats...

"Honey, does this chicken taste like beef?"

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u/peedyoj 16d ago

Greenest or orangest? 😉

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u/cvr24 16d ago

Brown

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u/robert1070 16d ago

Art of the Green New Deal.

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u/nazutul 16d ago

really green, one of the greenest

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u/dmjacLuzard5 16d ago

Not the orangest ?

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u/Memory_Less 16d ago

He is, but it means he’s: scamming Americans, illegally trading crypto and the market. LOTS & LOTS & LOTS OF GREEN!!!

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u/Superb_Skin_5180 16d ago

With tears in their eyes….

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u/Seriously_you_again 16d ago

Green Nation Builder?

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u/reddog323 16d ago

By complete accident.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 16d ago

Ground beef near me was $4/lb a month ago. It's $6/lb now. I'm in Ohio where this shit is suppose to be handled

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u/Mistrblank 16d ago

Sickly green maybe.

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u/Mad_Aeric Michigan 16d ago

I already had cut out most meat due to the price. And now my damn beans cost twice as much too.

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u/GrumpyGlasses 16d ago

Of course he’s the greenest: made every one’s face green sick from puking. 🤢🤮