How should policymakers weigh industry input on health policy?

Former White House adviser Calley Means alleged that former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles favored corporate interests and sought to shift responsibility to President Trump for policies aligned with pesticide and tobacco industry priorities. Means cited lobbyist Brian Ballard’s denial that he lobbied Wiles or West Wing staff on glyphosate and a disclosure listing White House lobbying during the period of a related executive order. Means said he resigned after concluding that policies on pesticides and ultra-processed foods were being slowed or redirected; Wiles resigned as chief of staff last week, and Trump named Stephen Miller as her replacement.