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And identical to that, the world is a significantly better place now that the Trump administration and America’s “first good friend” Elon Musk have gutted USAid, the evil company seeking to assist underprivileged international locations get well from catastrophe and poverty.
As a result of the brand new America hates poverty and catastrophe and serving to and hope.
The usually silent Secretary of State Marco “Little Marco” Rubio (the president’s nickname for him, not mine), posted to Elon Musk’s about.me web page (also called X) that the Trump hatchet squad was achieved eviscerating the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement down to only 18 %, and whereas he didn’t point out which applications had been spared, Little Marco did be aware that the remaining improvement applications would now fall below the State Division’s purview.
“After a 6 week assessment we’re formally cancelling 83% of the applications at USAID,” Rubio tweeted. The 5200 contracts that are actually cancelled spent tens of billions of {dollars} in ways in which didn’t serve, (and in some instances even harmed), the core nationwide pursuits of america. In session with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of applications we’re conserving (roughly 1000) to now be administered extra successfully below the State Division.”
There was no phrase on how lengthy it will take for these “saved” billions to make their means again into the one %’s pockets…I child, however critically, nothing was talked about about the place the monies would now be spent.
In response to AP Information, all of this started shortly after President Trump took workplace and instantly issued an government order stopping international help as a result of he wished to assessment the cash despatched overseas. Trump claimed the “international help was wasteful and superior a liberal agenda.”
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It’s all part of Venture 2025, which was a MAGA file on finish America as we all know it. That is America’s third villain story. The primary was stealing the land from Native People, the second was the inhumane remedy of African People, and the third and ultimate act would be the destruction of america. And America couldn’t have chosen a greater chief to destroy itself contemplating every part Trump touches fails flamboyantly or goes bankrupt. The destruction of USAid was so haphazard that Rubio and Musk needed to try to woo again of us who’d acquired termination notices after studying that these individuals had been important to applications like “emergency dietary help for ravenous kids and consuming water serving sprawling camps for households uprooted by struggle in Sudan,” AP notes.
As a result of this administration doesn’t learn previous the desk of contents, they’ve not listened to those that’ve argued that ending assist in unsettled international locations might trigger a risk to nationwide safety as a result of serving to international locations creates goodwill and bonds for America.
However why would they care about that when there are individuals to fireplace?!
“Within the weeks after Trump’s order, one in all his appointees and transition workforce members, Pete Marocco, and Musk pulled USAID workers world wide off the job by compelled leaves and firings, shut down USAID funds in a single day and terminated assist and improvement contracts by the hundreds,” AP studies.
AP notes that the sudden shutdown of USAid has left many staffers and contractors stranded abroad, ready on again pay in order that they’ll return dwelling. However why would the Trump administration care about these individuals after they clearly are the administration for the one %?