NYU professor: Trump whole milk push is ‘dog whistle to far right’

College Fix ^ | 2/11/26 | Matt Lamb

[CFW]

When President Donald Trump signed a law that allowed for the National School Lunch Program to distribute whole milk again, he was actually sending out a signal to neo-Nazis, so says a New York University professor.

In January, President Trump celebrated the bipartisan “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025,” which will allow the federally subsidized school lunch program to offer the higher-fat content dairy once against. President Obama removed the option in 2010 over fears it was contributing to childhood obesity.

The legislation passed by a voice vote in the U.S. House and unanimously in the U.S. Senate, according to Roll Call. While many would see this as a triumph of partisan gridlock, Professor Arthur Caplan sees something much darker.

“As a student of and writer on the history of science and public health under fascist regimes, I am suspicious,” he said. “Milk drinking is political. Drinking whole white milk has played a big role in racist and far-right thinking.”

Here we go.

“Fascists have used the beverage as a rallying cry for white supremacy since the days of Il Duce’s (Benito Mussolini’s) public health campaigns in Italy,” Caplan wrote in The American Journal of Bioethics. “The Nazis were enamored of whole milk as well…In America, drinking whole milk has for years been a part of alt-right, white nationalist messaging in tweets, memes, and videos.”

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[CFW]

Raze all universities to the ground (with only a few exceptions). Salt the ground so they can never grow back.

[blackdog]

Milch für rechtsgerichtete Gestalt-Schläger, das trinkt, was der Autoritarismus trinkt.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Okay, Professor, you heard the dog whistle. What does that make you?

[Greg123456]

If I weren’t a lactard I would go out and buy a gallon of cow juice and guzzle it.

[jimpick]

“”””The Nazis were enamored of whole milk as well…”””

They drank water too. And ate carrots and potatoes.

Come to think of it they ate food constantly and drank beverages. Let’s outlaw eating and drinking anything because it is an ICE whistler. I mean dog whistle.

How stupid do you have to be to believe milk is a rally cry?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Fascists have used the beverage as a rallying cry for white supremacy since the days of Il Duce

LOL. First of all, if you would shave this fat load's head, he'd look like Il Duce. He's as arrogant as Il Duce to boot. Second, we are officially at the beyond parody stage of "Trump = Fascism." Milk is a right wing dog whistle???

[HYPOCRACY]

[Responsibility2nd]

White Milk is now on the list of things that racist people drink?

Good to know.

[SaveFerris]

(Drinking whole white milk)

Oh definitely. I had some with a bowl 🥣 of
Whole Grain Cheerios just last week
(several times)

Each time I finished a bowl I was involuntarily
goose-stepping for 12-14 hours immediately afterwards

I couldn’t figure out what was happening

NOW I know... thanks to thar guy...

[kawhill]

NYU professor: Trump whole milk push is ‘dog whistle to far right’ Must have a problem with cows.

[escapefromboston]

That’s a bit of a stretch

[posterchild]

When I integrate my milk with my tea and create an intersectional hybrid fluid am I colonizing the tea or am I enriching the milk?

[xp38]

And Hitler breathed air! A sure sign.

[PermaRag]

“Must have a problem with cows.”

Seen any Democrat women lately?

[TLI]

Just another smug prog doing the "literally Hitler" shtick.

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[SaveFerris]

Professor Arthur Caplan



He ballooned up nicely.

I'd say pound-for-pound, our greatest Nutty Professor

[whitney69]

As usual, the left has really stretched something out of context for what the federal government pays for. It is not forcing anyone to do anything.

President Trump signed the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025” into law, which reverses previous restrictions and allows schools to offer whole and 2% milk in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. This policy expands, rather than restricts, milk options, aiming to increase nutrient intake in children and supporting dairy producers.

So this idiot professor(?) is just misinterpreting something to make trouble. Don’t buy into it.

wy69

[lastchance]

Wasn’t Hitler a vegetarian?

[hanamizu]

But I thought the bad Orange Man also restored chocolate milk to the school lunches. Who is that dog whistle for?

[SaveFerris]

AI Overview:

While not gay himself, Professor Caplan is a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights within the field of bioethics. His work frequently addresses ethical issues impacting the gay community:

Blood Donation:

He has been a vocal critic of the FDA ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men, arguing that testing technology makes such bans unnecessary.

Civil Rights:

He views issues like gay marriage as fundamental civil rights issues rather than religious ones.

Public Health:

He has addressed the ethical handling of outbreaks, such as Monkeypox, particularly as they relate to the health of gay men.