How Trump Is Helping Tycoons Exploit the Pandemic The secretive titan behind one of America’s largest poultry companies, who is also one of the President’s top donors, is ruthlessly leveraging the coronavirus crisis—and his vast fortune—to strip workers of protections.

In May and June, Trump issued a pair of executive orders directing national agencies to ignore any federal regulation or environmental law that burdened the economy—in many instances, the companies were told that they just had to act “in good faith.” https://t.co/g2QyfqYyLw

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