There is absolutely no justification for this. Trump apologists’ reply to this outrageously poor decision is to focus on the lies offered by Benz and Musk that demand this agency be eradicated. From my perspective, this refusal by Trump apologists to recognize how harmful, and really, how CRUEL, this decision is, simply points to the fact that “owning the libs” and “destroying Woke” is all that matters.
Truly, if Trump/Musk we’re to suggest “re-education camps” for people who seem too worked up over the first couple of weeks of Trump 2.0, there would be Trump supporters everywhere who would support the creation of “re-education camps”. I do believe that. Fall asleep at the wheel, and we are asking for a world of hurt.
It can’t be pointed out often enough. Trump, Musk, and many of their supporters have long demonstrated one undeniable fact: the CRUELTY is the point!! This is how terrible things happen in history: by turning a blind eye!!!! By an electorate sleepwalking through history, and supporting cruelty. Wake the eff up!
And this cruelty is the new face that America wants to present to the world. This is, and always has been, the very heart of MAGA: cruelty.
USAID, a crucial humanitarian agency created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was unexpectedly closed by Donald Trump, sparking concerns over the impact on global aid and U.S. national securit…
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“OK, let’s begin by stipulating what everybody agrees with: There’s a lot of wasteful spending in government, a lot of overlap, and too many programs that no longer serve any purpose kept needlessly alive. Pledging to “cut the fat” out of government spending is a good idea for any administration, and some have actually done so.
But that in no way justifies Elon Musk’s shutting down the United States Agency for International Development — which President Trump said has his “100 percent support.” It’s one of the most short-sighted, most dangerous and most stupid decisions made by any modern president — and one
Donald Trump will soon regret, especially as Russia and China step in with their own humanitarian programs.
USAID was created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, in the middle of the Cold War, to provide a humane presence, not a military presence, for the United States throughout the world. Since then, under both Republican and Democratic presidents, it has saved millions of lives, providing food, health care, housing and security for the poorest people in the poorest countries on the planet.
Among other successes, USAID is credited with preventing a 2014 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, George W. Bush’s anti-HIV/AIDS program administered largely through USAID, is
hailed for saving 26 million lives so far. Until last weekend, USAID was battling a new malaria outbreak in Uganda.
Remarkably, USAID provided that “smiling face” for America around the world, made so many friends for America, and saved so many lives at a cost of roughly
$40 billion a year, less than 1 percent of the federal budget. We taxpayers got more bang for our buck from USAID than any other government program. But now, suddenly, all of that good work and good will are gone”.
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