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    Citizenschallenge-v.3 started the topic Petty petty little trump – decimating school nutrition standards in the forum Politics and Social Issues 5 years ago

    The petty nastiness of trump never ceases to astound.  The man doesn’t seem to have a humane fiber in his pathetic body.

    OH How They Adore Him . . .

    SAVAGE: Trump Targets Signature Michelle Obama Accomplishment On Her Birthday
    By  Ryan Saavedra,  DailyWire.com, JANUARY 17TH, 2020

    https://www  dailywire  com/news/savage-trump-targets-signature-michelle-obama-accomplishment-on-her-birthday

    The Trump administration moved on Friday to decimate the school nutrition standards

    pushed by Michelle Obama during her time in the White House, a move that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) took on the former first lady’s birthday.

    The USDA said that the new proposals would give “school nutrition professionals … more flexibility to serve appetizing and healthy meals that appeal to their students’ preferences and subsequently reduce food waste. The proposed rule also encourages state and local operators to focus resources on feeding children rather than administrative paperwork.” …

     

     

    The Bizarre Trump-Fueled Backlash to Healthy School Lunches
    MAGA comes to the cafeteria.

    TOM PHILPOTT

    https://www  motherjones  com/food/2019/09/the-bizarre-trump-fueled-backlash-to-healthy-school-lunches/

    Back in 2010, then–first lady Michelle Obama launched a nefarious scheme to turn school cafeterias into liberal indoctrination zones. Or at least that’s how Obama’s right-wing opponents portrayed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a law she spearheaded that gave the National School Lunch Program its first nutritional update in more than 15 years. Her treachery included requirements for more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and limits on calories in meals. “Here’s Michelle Obama trying to take over the school lunch program,” Rush Limbaugh warned his radio audience. Media outlets flaunted photos of kids dumping their lunches into the trash, supposedly taken after the reforms went into effect. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) sponsored a bill to nullify the nutrition rules in 2012, decrying what he called a “misguided nanny state” that “would put every child on a diet.”