Three Key Takeaways:
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his role as Health Secretary, made a bold statement supporting traditional American diets by praising Steak ‘n Shake’s switch to beef tallow, standing up for meat-eaters and pushing back against the Left’s decades-long campaign to reduce meat consumption.
- This move aligns with President Trump’s broader efforts to “Make America Healthy Again,” emphasizing the return of meat in American diets and challenging the push for plant-based and fake meat alternatives.
- Despite years of propaganda promoting meatless diets, the American public’s preference for traditional meats remains strong, with fast-food chains and snack categories shifting back toward real meat products, while plant-based options struggle to gain traction.
The Left has spent years trying to make Americans ashamed of their diets.
Now a Trump administration official is fighting back.
And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took one bite of this food and leftists are furious.
RFK Jr. stands up for meat-eaters everywhere
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a bold statement earlier this month when he visited a Steak ‘n Shake in Florida with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
The Health Secretary wasn’t just grabbing a casual lunch. He was making a point about President Trump’s promise to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
Kennedy praised the restaurant chain for switching from seed oils, which he claims cause illness, to beef tallow for cooking their French fries.
“People are raving about these french fries,” Kennedy said after taking a bite, before highlighting other restaurants using beef tallow including Popeyes, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Outback Steakhouse.
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eats 100% beef tallow fries from Steak ’n Shake. pic.twitter.com/OPYocrnocC
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) March 11, 2025
The Atlantic, a left-wing magazine, is now sounding the alarm that “America is done pretending about meat” – and they’re not happy about it.
The Left’s war on your dinner plate
For more than a decade, liberals have been on a crusade to reduce Americans’ meat consumption.
The push began during the Obama administration, which passed regulations limiting meat in school lunches. Then came the surge of fake meat products like Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat.
Left-wing media outlets eagerly championed a meatless future, with The New York Times even asking in 2022, “Could this be the beginning of the end of meat?”
But the American people never bought into the hype.
From 2014 to 2024, per capita meat consumption in America rose by nearly 28 pounds – the equivalent of roughly 100 chicken breasts per person. The plant-based revolution was failing before it even got started.
Now, with President Trump back in the White House and RFK Jr. heading Health and Human Services, the cultural tide has turned decisively back toward traditional American diets.
The fake meat collapse
The evidence of meat’s comeback is everywhere. Fast-food chains including McDonald’s and Carl’s Jr. have ditched their alternative-meat options after poor sales. Even Sweetgreen, once the poster child for upscale plant-based eating, now prominently advertises protein plates loaded with steak, chicken, and salmon.
Meanwhile, dried meat snacks like beef jerky have become the fastest-growing snack category nationwide.
The Atlantic laments that the embrace of meat isn’t just about food but about what meat represents: “tradition, strength, dominance, muscles—values championed by the Right.”
The magazine even concedes that many self-declared vegetarians and vegans aren’t actually following their proclaimed diets. Even the so-called vegetarians aren’t really avoiding meat.
Kansas State professor Glynn Tonsor runs a survey tracking what Americans actually eat versus what diet they claim to follow.
His findings? Half the people who say they’re vegan or vegetarian are lying.
“The number that tell me they’re vegan or vegetarian – the true number is about half that,” Tonsor revealed.
RFK Jr. leads the charge
Kennedy’s visit to Steak ‘n Shake represents more than just a photo op. It’s part of a broader Trump administration push to undo years of liberal food propaganda.
While the Left spent the last decade trying to make Americans feel guilty about eating meat, the Trump administration is sending a clear message: There’s nothing wrong with traditional American diets.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis previously issued a ban on lab-grown meat in his state, describing it as part of “the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish, or bugs.”
Good for Florida, maybe now Texas will follow @MillerForTexas
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“Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Our administration… pic.twitter.com/1IadV1RTy0— Dr. Kat Lindley (@KLVeritas) June 29, 2024
The Atlantic grudgingly admits the plant-based movement may have been doomed from the start: “Nearly two decades later, the idea of a meatless future seems quaint. Knowing the reasons you should eat less meat goes only so far.”
The magazine quotes ethicist Peter Singer, who explains why Americans rejected vegetarianism: “Most people can easily continue doing something they believe is wrong as long as they have plenty of company.”
But what if eating meat isn’t wrong at all? What if the real problem was the Left trying to remake American culture by attacking our food traditions?
Kennedy’s pro-meat stance, backed by President Trump, is resonating with Americans who are tired of being told to feel guilty about their dinner choices.
As the plant-based revolution collapses and real meat makes its comeback, the Left’s food police are watching in horror as their years of lecturing Americans about their diets go up in smoke.
