Is President Trump pro-GMO?

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โ€œWe are streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge biotechnology,ย setting free our farmers to innovate, thrive, and to grow,โ€ Trumpย told a meetingย of theย American Farm Bureau Federation inย Nashville, Tennessee, on January 8.

Heโ€™s pro-GMO?ย Sounds like it. KFC-loving Trump may have been referring to how, in November [2017], his administrationย scrapped USDA rulesย that would have regulatedย plants createdย through gene-editingย toolsย like CRISPR.

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