President Donald Trump dropped a political grenade late Wednesday, signing an executive order aimed at ramping up domestic production of glyphosate and elemental phosphorus — and the backlash was immediate.
Invoking the Defense Production Act, Trump’s order moves to safeguard U.S.-based production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, calling both “crucial to the national security and defense” of the United States. The White House made the case bluntly: without these inputs, America’s food supply — and by extension, national security — is vulnerable.
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