The women who helped carry Donald Trump to victory in 2024 on the promise of a healthier America are now openly threatening to sit out the midterms. This follows the president signing an executive order expanding production of a weedkiller that his own health secretary spent years suing in court.
In February 2026, Trump invoked the Defence Production Act to guarantee the domestic supply of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and the world's most widely used herbicide, declaring it 'central to American economic and national security.' The White House fact sheet framed the order as a cornerstone of agricultural productivity and a bulwark against foreign supply-chain dependence.
