$489 million in food could spoil thanks to Trump: report
Summary
A watchdog report warns that nearly $500 million in food aid is at risk of spoiling due to Trump’s freeze on most foreign aid and USAID staff furloughs.
Despite exemptions for emergency food assistance, confusion and lack of oversight have delayed shipments worldwide. The report highlights USAID’s inability to monitor aid distribution, raising concerns about security risks.
Trump’s actions, part of a broader attack on foreign aid, have drawn bipartisan criticism.
A federal judge ordered USAID workers reinstated, but the administration has reportedly continued blocking access.
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This is what we all wanted, right?
I'm sure this will make staple foods cheaper for Americans.
It's food purchased already from farmers. If it rots or not, it doesn't affect Americans.
It does affect all the people who were already supposed to get it as food aid.
Were the farmers already paid or...?
If it wasn't then most of those farmers would find other buyers
Definitely all the people who told us both sides were the same, or that Kamala would be just as bad.
They knew what they were doing.
Reduce the influence of party lines through state-level electoral reform. Voters should have the freedom to choose the candidate who best represents them, while still ensuring their vote counts if their preferred candidate doesn’t win.
The answer lies in expanding democracy, not in restricting voters' choices.
::: spoiler Videos on Electoral Reform
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.
STAR voting
Alternative vote
Ranked Choice voting
Range Voting
Single Transferable Vote
Mixed Member Proportional representation :::
Right, but strategic electoral voting is required until we add some sanity to the system of we want to even be able to try to implement sanity.
Something plenty of those on the left refuse to acknowledge while actively shooting the movement in the foot.
The moral thing to do here is to commandeer that food and distribute it however you can before it spoils.
Waste not want not.
That would probably land you in prison for 20 years.
Not if there’s enough of you.
Or if you're a senator
He doesn't care.
Donald Trump isn't just evil. Donald Trump is stupid.
Not only does his agenda not further the interests of America, it doesn't further the professed values of the Republican Party.
The sole guiding principle of the Republican Party is: Hurt the right people.
So Trump is wasting five eggs?
Where do you get your eggs that cheap?!
Further egg joke
Sorry, egg price jokes won't stop being funny until Americans stop giving Trump the positive polling he currently has.
They sure have an egg on their faces!
To clarify, nearly all of this food has already left the United States, except for 1 warehouse in Houston. It's already been paid for, and as it sits, it costs money to store it.
This is like buying 3 dozen eggs from Whole Foods and setting them in the hot sun after you get home because you decided to punch yourself in the face until you passed out before putting them away.
Thats the problem, they didn't fire this inspector yet!
"But condoms for Hamas..."
Lol and the condom aid being for a Gaza in Mozambique and not the Middle East is hilarious
It was the "Hamas" district in Mozambique, not gaza.
Lol my bad but even more dumb
Combatting AIDS isn't dumb.
That's true. I was saying that Cheeto man spouting off lies is dumb