• Members of the Make America Health Again movement are in open revolt after founder Robert F. • publicly backed President Trump’s executive order Wednesday that would increase domestic production of glyphosate-a pesticide the MAHA movement and Kennedy have railed against. • Vani Hari, an ally of Kennedy who goes by “Food Babe,“told The Washington Postshe was left “speechless” by the move. • “We truly were hoping that this administration would put people over corporate power,” she said, “but this action moves us away from that commitment.” Trump’s executive orderinvoked the Defense Production Act to boost domestic production of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup products. • Currently, the US imports large quantities of glyphosate from China,according to Reuters. • The MAHA movement has been vehemently opposed to the use of glyphosate, claiming it contributes to childhood health problems.
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- Members of the Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement have publicly condemned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for backing President Trump’s executive order to boost domestic glyphosate production. The order, invoked under the Defense Production Act, aims to increase supply of the pesticide that MAHA and Kennedy have long opposed, citing links to childhood health problems. Vani Hari (“Food Babe”) expressed shock, saying the move “moves us away from that commitment.” Kennedy, who previously warned that glyphosate is a likely contributor to chronic disease, now argues the order supports “America first” defense readiness and food supply. The backlash threatens to split the movement.
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