CHILDREN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHO/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Monday [7-9-18] attacked a New York Times story that reported how his administration attempted to weaken a World Health Assembly resolution to promote breastfeeding, saying women shouldn’t be denied access to formula. The president’s tweet was spillover from a feud over a proposed breastfeeding resolution earlier this year at the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization. The U.S. opposed the resolution so strongly it threatened trade measures against the country that introduced it, according to the New York Times…According to the Times, the resolution was written to encourage breastfeeding and to limit ‘inaccurate or misleading’ marketing for breast milk substitutes. The resolution, introduced by Ecuador, did not bar the use of formula. When attempts to soften language in the resolution were unsuccessful, the U.S. stunned the global community by threatening retaliatory trade measures against Ecuador and the withdrawal of military aid, according to the Times report. Ecuador backed off, as did a number of countries that said they feared the same retaliation. The resolution was later introduced by Russia. At that point, the U.S. did not fight back, the Times noted.”
–Stephanie Murray, “Trump attacks NYT over breastfeeding story, ” Politico, July 9, 2018 2:00 pm