© Global Look Press / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
The report from last week conveyed the concerns of genuine Alaska pollock producers who said that about half of fish sticks in US school cafeterias are made from pollock caught by Russia that is processed and pumped with additives in China.
American fishermen have long been frustrated by this competition and hoped that Trump would solve this problem when he slapped Beijing with tariffs. But it turned out that the "confusing nomenclature and an arcane coding system" used by trade and customs officials to label goods saw no difference between who caught this type of fish and where, and still called it 'Alaska Pollock'.
So the fish caught by Russians swam away from tariffs and stayed cheaper. The article details the efforts of legislators and lobbyists to fight the bureaucracy, but the intricate aspects of trade codes and slow movements of the Washington machine do not make good headlines like Trump and Russians do. And social media users were having a blast.
Some pointed out that mainstream media seeing Russkies under every bed has gone too far.
Others felt that CNN should focus on how things work in Washington and criticized Trump's actions.
Some were a bit confused as school lunches are now strongly associated with Michelle Obama.
There were also some grammar nerds...
And those who just cringed at the memory of fish sticks from their childhood.
Reader Comments
They can't smell a barrel of rotten fish, even if it could save their lives, they are so used to living high on the hog where all these these highfalutin homes and hotels spray all this highfalutin perfumes to mask the odors of the unwashed masses, and rotting fish.
There fish sticks are sustainably caught, and have never been touched by Russian hand.
For those that send their children to state schools, well I was informed, by a Haida native, that the vast majority of fish sold in Mc ...outlets worldwide, except in
Russia was Dogfish...