Trump and RFK Jr. just betrayed the MAHA movement.
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Key Points:
- President Trump signed an executive order promoting glyphosate production, a move that contradicts the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement's stance, which views the chemical as a dangerous carcinogen.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a key MAHA figure and Trump administration health official, supported the order, citing national security and food supply concerns, surprising and disappointing many MAHA supporters.
- The executive order shields glyphosate producers from lawsuits and compels production, signaling Trump’s prioritization of Big Agriculture over MAHA’s health concerns.
- The MAHA movement is revealed to be politically fragile, divided between "structuralists" who want broad environmental health reforms and "individualists" focused on personal health freedoms, with the latter holding
