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MAHA activists warn Trump could lose their support over glyphosate order
President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to increase glyphosate output, citing national security and food supply needs amid Bayer’s $7.25 billion legal settlement proposal.
- MAHA activists warned President Donald Trump they might withdraw support after an executive order invoked the Defense Production Act to secure domestic supply of glyphosate and phosphorus, with glyphosate called crucial for national and food-supply security.
- Bayer, the sole U.S. producer of glyphosate, proposed a $7.25 billion settlement for lawsuits claiming that Roundup caused cancer and warned production might stop without regulatory changes.
- MAHA activists expressed disappointment with the executive order on social media, criticizing the widespread use of glyphosate due to health concerns and rejecting exposure to it.
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MAHA shades Trump after White House boosts pesticide
Make America Healthy activists have darkly warned Republicans that they could scuttle their midterm chances after President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week promoting a widely used herbicide.
On February 18, 2026, a new Trump executive order declared agrotoxic glyphosate and phosphorus – a crucial component of synthetic fertilizers – as elements of national security, thus making their access and production a military issue and aims to ensure the continuity of their use. An aspect also relevant in the context of the imperial attack on Latin America with the Monroe doctrine recharged. This order was designed primarily to favor the tran…
MAHA activists warn Trump could lose their support over glyphosate | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Members of the U.S. Make America Healthy Again movement that backs Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say an executive order this week to boost domestic production of the weedkiller glyphosate risks their support in November’s midterm elections.
RFK Jr defends Trump move to protect pesticide he tied to ‘chronic disease epidemic’
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently defended a move by President Donald Trump to protect and boost the production of a precursor chemical for pesticides, which just two years ago RFK Jr. said was a major contributor to "America's chronic disease epidemic," and if elected he would "ban" it. Citing national defense imperatives, Trump passed an executive order earlier this week to protect a precursor element use…
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