Health
Trump Woos Influential MAHA Moms After Disappointing Them on Pesticides
An attendee looks at copies of "The MAHA Cookbook" during a rally in Austin on Feb. 26.
Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/BloombergPresident Donald Trump is trying to smooth things over with a key group of voters ahead of the midterm elections: a loose collective colloquially known as the MAHA Moms.
The influential bloc of women overwhelmingly backed Trump in 2024 because of his ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement, which promotes healthy foods and rails against US reliance on pesticides. Lately, however, they’ve been unimpressed — even outright angry — with some of the administration’s moves, especially around a pesticide called glyphosate.