Betrayal tracker
8 promises. 8 betrayals.
What Trump and RFK Jr. promised MAHA voters, and what they did instead.
Betrayal tracker
Promises made. Promises sold.
- Corporate captureBroken
They promised
“End the corruption, end the corporate capture.”
They delivered
$300,000 private dinners sold to companies HHS regulates.
Sep 2026Source
- GlyphosateBroken
They promised
Take on Big Ag and the cancer-linked chemicals in our food.
They delivered
Backed Trump’s order to restore glyphosate production; DOJ sided with Monsanto.
Jun 2026Source
- AtrazineBroken
They promised
Restrict atrazine, a pesticide linked to cancer and birth defects.
They delivered
A federal “review” that “effectively paves the way for continued use.”
May 2026Source
- PFASBroken
They promised
Get forever chemicals out of our drinking water.
They delivered
Kennedy personally announced the rollback of PFAS limits.
May 2026Source
- Food dyesBroken
They promised
Phase petroleum-based food dyes out by the end of 2026.
They delivered
The FDA’s own deadline quietly slipped to 2027. No rule on the books.
OngoingSource
- Pharma adsBroken
They promised
Ban pharmaceutical ads on TV.
They delivered
No ban proposed. Drug ad spending keeps climbing.
OngoingSource
- Revolving doorBroken
They promised
Close the revolving door between FDA and industry.
They delivered
A pharmaceutical executive now runs the FDA’s drug-review center.
OngoingSource
- TobaccoBroken
They promised
Protect kids from nicotine.
They delivered
Flavored vapes pushed through; Zyn cleared to market “health benefits.”
Jun 2026Source
The MAHA base, in its own words
“We do not consent to being poisoned.”
“We thought we were getting a different administration that wanted to stand up to special interests… Big Ag, Big Chem. And that is not what we got. What we have right now is business as usual.”
“The fear is this was a bait and switch to use us for our votes and then do nothing that we voted for.”
“This is the opposite of going against corporate capture. This is complete corporate capture.”
“I don’t think Trump is concerned about health in any way, shape or form. I think he’s concerned about votes or his own legacy.”
“I am tired of making excuses for dangerous chemicals to continue flooding our environment and harming our kids.”
“The swing Kennedy people aren’t going to show up at this point.”