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Milk gets a perch on Trump's desk but takes a back seat at bill signing
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President Donald Trump gestures to a container of milk before he signs a bill that returns whole milk to school cafeterias across the country, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. - photo by AP Photo/Alex Brandon
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a glass bottle of milk on the Resolute Desk, and President Donald Trump promised to get to it soon. But first he had to talk about Iran, the capture of someone accused of leaking secret information about Venezuela and a pair of executive orders he was issuing. Only then could he get to the actual business at hand — signing a bipartisan measure that recently sailed through Congress allowing schools to serve whole and 2% milk along with the skim and low-fat products required since 2012.