President Donald Trump escalated his fight with America's largest meat processors Friday, accusing the four companies that dominate U.S. beef processing of operating what he called a "nasty monopoly" and announcing that he has authorized legal documents aimed at giving farmers and ranchers greater rights to process their own food.
"Ranchers and Farmers have always been a number one priority for me," Trump wrote Friday. "They work very hard, are smart, efficient, and immaculately CLEAN, but for years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nasty Monopoly."
