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Trump’s executive order is as much about weapons as weedkiller. Dr Michael Hansen says the US’s war against Iran is triggering desires to protect white phosphorus production. https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20643/ #glyphosate
Trump’s executive order is as much about weapons as weedkiller

Dr Michael Hansen says the US’s war against Iran is triggering desires to protect white phosphorus production. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

Mar 2 at 2:36pmWeb
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This is not to say Trump wasn't minded to do massive favours for #Bayer anyway—as the Trump administration urging the Supreme Court to give Bayer legal immunity shows—but that the part Bayer plays in producing weapons for the US/Israeli war machine has given them important extra leverage.
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And now the mainstream press is finally reporting on this https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/climate/bayer-white-phosphate-glyphosate-roundup-trump-executive-order-munition.html
Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup and a Munition, White Phosphorus

Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition.

The New York Times