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Chronodamus's avatar

Several major pesticide and agribusiness companies have financially supported Donald Trump through inaugural donations and political contributions. Dow Chemical, a major manufacturer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, donated $1 million to Trump’s 2017 inauguration, shortly after Trump reversed an EPA ban on the chemical and appointed Dow’s CEO to lead his American Manufacturing Council. Monsanto Co.contributed $25,000 to Trump’s inauguration and, along with Bayer (its parent company post-2018), has seen favorable regulatory decisions under Trump’s administration, including the approval of over 100 new pesticide products. Additionally, Syngenta, a pesticide producer owned by a Chinese-government-linked entity, donated $250,000 to Trump’s 2025 inauguration, signaling continued industry alignment with his policies.

The agribusiness sector as a whole has shown strong financial support for Trump in the 2024 and 2025 election cycles. According to OpenSecrets and Investigate Midwest, agribusiness donors have given $41.3 million to Republican candidatescompared to $18.5 million to Democrats. Former President Trump is the top recipient, having received $2.9 millionfrom the sector—more than any other candidate. This support reflects the industry’s confidence in Trump’s deregulatory agenda, which includes rolling back environmental protections, weakening pesticide oversight, and supporting large-scale industrial agriculture.

Trump’s administration has reciprocated this support with significant financial aid to farmers. In late 2025, he announced a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, funded by tariff revenues, to offset losses from trade tensions with China. While framed as support for small and mid-sized farms, critics note that such aid disproportionately benefits large agribusinesses. This cycle of donations and policy favors underscores a close relationship between Trump and the agrichemical industry, raising concerns about regulatory independence and public health protections.

Amy Hayek's avatar

This has to stop. We are working hard to make it stop from the farmer’s up instead of from the company’s down. You can support us at www.animalchiropracticeducation.com where we train veterinarians and chiropractors to build animal chiropractic practices that resolve the humanity in growing food for humans.

Sally's avatar

Stop poisoning or food, our people and our land

Mark Wayne's avatar

Our house is so full of supplements including detox supplements, we are moving.

Michael's avatar

Looks like we’re spraying ourselves into a corner that we will have to fight our way out of.

Nicole C. Scott's avatar

Depriving Americans due process to satisfy transnational corporate profits is an illegitimate and un-American activity. It's not only unconstitutional, but makes a mockery out of justice. If our systems of governance have become enablers to economics based on industries making billions laying waste to life, what's the point of upholding them? They betray everything that is sacred about life itself.

Rob D's avatar

Thank you for mentioning this. I've only seen two authors post anything about this in their Substacks! I'm shocked by some of the Stacks with huge audiences who haven't said one word about this madness. They are dong a disservice to their readers by not pointing out the bad as well as the good going on.

Alamo Dude's avatar

Lord Protect us, they know not what they are doing to us.

🙏🙏🙏

The Zonie's avatar

Are you kidding? Of course they do. They have known for a very long time. They chose to hide the evidence. Monsanto ruined people’s lives and livelihoods who spoke out. They had a revolving door to the FDA and that is how they finally got Round Up approved. It’s now not just in and on the food, humans are excreting it and umbilical fluids contain it. Still think “they” don’t know?

Rob D's avatar

Or, they may very well know exactly what they are doing.

Alamo Dude's avatar

Dude, Chill. Remember when Jesus on the Cross said the same thing about you? None of us really understand the nails we drive into our Lord daily. So we humbly ask forgiveness for All souls.

That said, accountability is a great form of tough Love, IF you can prove Farmer Dell down the road is poisoning your food on purpose. Or for the psychopaths manufacturing pathogens and carcinogens to sell you snake oil “cures” as a business model.

“Understanding” has way more levels than just your literal knee Jerk reaction.

🧐

God Bless your little soul, 🙏🙏🙏.

Stephanie B's This and That's avatar

Let us hope the Supreme Court ruling on Brunson Brothers' lawsuit will be released to automatically declare that such Congressional rules will be declared null and void. Immunity cannot be allowed for crimes against humanity, in any case

Crixcyon's avatar

Love it that congress and Trump continue to work for the citizen...in a very negative way. While it may be extremely difficult to prove you have been harmed by chemicals, the fact remains that they are everywhere. How can we not be harmed by them?

Now on the flip side, Rep Gosar from Arizona has filed a bill to dismantle the 1986 vaccine laws. I have no doubt congress will be paid off extremely handsomely by big pharma to look the other way on this one, HR-4668...End the Vaccine Carveout Act.

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny's avatar

And a bill has been introduced to repeal the PREP ACT too. See last week’s SUBSTACK

M W's avatar

If you read Peter Schweitzer’s book Extortion, he says that corporations don’t bribe our politicians. The politicians use bills or the threat of passing a bill to extort money from corporations. He points out that very few bills actually get passed.

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny's avatar

That’s splitting hairs

Zara's avatar

Aiyyy-poison, poison everywhere. Bears know not to poop where they sleep, but humans, particularly Americans w/o a conscience, operate on evil greed & stupidity.

Thank you for this article. I've been shouting about the pesticides sprayed for YEARS! And I will pass your article to anyone who will listen.

Tina Marie Smith's avatar

God Bless you Dr. Tenpenny, I pray this can get to as many people as it can. Too many years of my life spent not caring or thinking it really did not matter!

The younger generation needs to become aware, and to actually understand this is serious .

Again thank you!

Maria Ricci's avatar

Dr Tenpenny- may I use your post, (I will give you proper credit), to make a video and post in my Instagram and website?

Maria Ricci, CHN

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny's avatar

Yes! Please do. Every American needs to know this and take action especially when congress is back in session