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.

  • @RunningInRVA
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    563 days ago

    This is what we all wanted, right?

      • @[email protected]
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        113 days ago

        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.

        • sepi
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          33 days ago

          Were the farmers already paid or…?

          • Natanael
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            23 days ago

            If it wasn’t then most of those farmers would find other buyers

    • @[email protected]
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      103 days ago

      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.