Trump Lashes Out At New York Times Over 'Fake' Breastfeeding Story
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Monday responded to a New York Times report regarding the United States’ opposition to a World Health Assembly initiative to promote breastfeeding.
President Trump on Monday responded to a New York Times report regarding the United States' opposition to a World Health Assembly initiative to promote breastfeeding. "The failing NY Times Fake News story today about breast feeding must be called out. The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding but we don't believe women should be denied access to formula. Many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty," Trump wrote in a tweet. According to the Times: "Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother's milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes." The Times noted, citing sources, that the US delegation embraced "the interests of infant formula manufacturers" and the efforts to quash the measure included threatening Ecuador and insisting that language concerning restrictions on the promotion of potentially damaging products be changed.
However, despite the friction, the resolution did move forward.
"It was the Russians who ultimately stepped in to introduce the measure — and the Americans did not threaten them," the Times added.
Notably, Trump often targets the Times in his tweets. Just days prior, he tweeted: "Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don't exist - They will both be out of business in 7 years!"
President Trump on Monday responded to a New York Times report regarding the United States' opposition to a World Health Assembly initiative to promote breastfeeding. "The failing NY Times Fake News story today about breast feeding must be called out. The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding but we don't believe women should be denied access to formula. Many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty," Trump wrote in a tweet. According to the Times: "Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother's milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes." The Times noted, citing sources, that the US delegation embraced "the interests of infant formula manufacturers" and the efforts to quash the measure included threatening Ecuador and insisting that language concerning restrictions on the promotion of potentially damaging products be changed.
However, despite the friction, the resolution did move forward.
"It was the Russians who ultimately stepped in to introduce the measure — and the Americans did not threaten them," the Times added.
Notably, Trump often targets the Times in his tweets. Just days prior, he tweeted: "Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don't exist - They will both be out of business in 7 years!"