Summary
The Trump administration’s spending cuts have led to the abrupt termination of USAID contracts with Mana, a US Georgia-based nonprofit that produces life-saving food for malnourished children.
The cuts amount to $12 million—35% of Mana’s orders—impacting 300,000 children in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.
USAID cited a lack of alignment with its priorities. Despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s exemption for humanitarian aid, Mana’s contracts were still canceled.
The nonprofit is now seeking alternative buyers, such as UNICEF.
Don’t feed the birds is a thing because it encourages population growth and leads to further suffering down the line. Is this a consideration?
“They’re born, so fuck em. We only care about unborn babies.” - GOP
And they kick into three directions at once! The Billionaires get their rocks off by letting little kids starve, the company that produces and packs those food packs will have to find other jobs, or reduce their work force, and the peanut farmers who earned money from this system will need to find other customers.
Keep in mind this money is spent locally to grow and make the peanut butter. The money isn’t going overseas. It’s being used to pay American workers and buy American supplies.
For someone who claims he wants to bring jobs to the US, Trump sure is throwing them away quickly.
If it came out that he’s just straight up lashing out at peanut farmers because he’s still salty at Jimmy Carter, I genuinely would not even be surprised.
wow, this is legit an evil-villain move.
Remember when the guy who is pushing this said he’d pay a few billion to end world hunger if they could prove it would, but the lost want itemized enough?
USAID cited a lack of alignment with its priorities.
Translation: Not white and/or rich.
Torches & pitchforks.
