Trump blasts 'failing NY Times' over report on 'opposition' to breastfeeding measure

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President Trump on Monday blasted the “failing NY Times” for reporting
that his administration opposed a pro-breastfeeding measure at the
U.N.-tied World Health Assembly, claiming the problem was the
resolution's limits on promoting formula.

“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 a woman should be denied access to formula. Many women need
this option because of malnutrition and poverty,” Trump tweeted
Monday.


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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.

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The president’s tweet was a direct response to an article published by
The New York Times on Sunday, titled “U.S. Opposition to
Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials.”

The resolution was introduced by Ecuador at the World Health Assembly
in Geneva in May, and the U.S. delegation reportedly sought to water
down the measure by removing language that called on governments to
“protect, promote and support breast-feeding,” along with another
section calling on policymakers to restrict the promotion of food
products that could have negative effects on young children, according
to the Times.

The Times reported that the U.S. delegation threatened other nations,
by suggesting that the U.S. would implement trade measures with the
purpose of punishing them, citing more than a dozen participants from
several of the countries present.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, in an
email to the Times, defended the administration's stance.

“The resolution as originally drafted placed unnecessary hurdles for
mothers seeking to provide nutrition to their children,” an HHS
spokesman said in the email to the Times. “We recognize not all women
are able to breast-feed for a variety of reasons. These women should
have the choice and access to alternatives for the health of their
babies, and not be stigmatized for the ways in which they are able to
do so.”

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