Closing USAID
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Anonymous
DRAG SHOWS funded with OUR tax dollars!!!!! |
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MAGA only reads headlines so it’s easy to dupe them. |
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Here’s an actual consequence of shuttering USAID. So when Trump points his finger at DEI when the next terrorism attack happens, remember how you thought getting rid of USAID and our domestic and foreign intelligence services was a great idea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/trump-usaid-funding-syria-isis.html President Trump’s funding freeze has thrown into confusion the future of a Syrian desert camp holding thousands of Islamic State members and their families, the camp’s director and people familiar with it said, describing it as a potential security threat in the region. The camp, Al Hol, which houses some 39,000 people, has been whipsawed by a halt to U.S.-funded programs then short reprieves, and is still struggling to understand its status. Even as some programs critical to securing the camp received temporary extensions, another organization essential to managing the camp said it might have to halt its work there as soon as Monday. The confusion stems from Mr. Trump’s executive order last month that froze foreign aid and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement on Monday that he was folding the United States Agency for International Development into the State Department. Elon Musk, who runs a task force in the administration, said the aim was to shut down U.S.A.I.D., which supports operations in the camp. |
Anonymous
USAID ran prisons? Seems kind of out of scope for them. |
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USAID also bought billions and billions and billions of dollars worth of merchandise from those terrorists in the middle. Yes. They bough agricultural products from US farmers.
Yep. Trump and Elmo have combined to cost the US farmer billions. Congratulations. |
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Again- the price is being paid by poor, black women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/usaid-clinical-trials-funding-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u04.tr3f.gVZD5qWZEZZt&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Not Serbian drag queens, you idiots. |
Anonymous
They do hold hearings, and issue reports, and have IG inspections. These things drag months and months and years and nothing fundamentally changes. It's almost like everyone is in on the game or simply does not care enough. Some of the claims of success that these programs make are highly dubious and USAID has had some really, truly wasteful whoppers out there. One fundamental problem with USAID is that all of its claims to service U.S. interests and too nebulous and hard to measure. They're been getting away with making these claims for decades. |
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Look, there is waste in almost every private and public enterprise. But these guys are not looking for waste or fraud. They're shutting the entire structure down--no, not moving it to State. Here is what the ramifications are RIGHT NOW from Musk and his henchmen, according to Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey:
As Trump and Musk gut USAID today, I think back to my first day ever working for the US gov, showing up at the Reagan Building to start at USAID. Shame on them for demonizing Americans who are serving our nation, often in difficult and dangerous places. We can have a policy debate about how much to spend internationally or what programs to fund, but their hate and paranoia towards other Americans go much deeper. I’m proud I worked at USAID. I worked in USAID/Africa bureau where we helped rehabilitate former child soldiers in Uganda, helped with an emerging famine in Malawi. Trump admin complains about China’s growing influence in Africa but then shuts down one of our best tools to fight this. USAID helps strengthen our nation’s reputation, showcasing our power and our values. Trump admin is now doing extraordinary damage to our reputation not just in trying to stop USAID’s work but by denigrating the mission of humanitarian and development assistance as a whole. Their vindictive way of trying to shut down USAID sends signals all over the world that we are a nation at war with itself. It tells authoritarian adversaries that America is distracted and divided. It tells other nations we don’t care about them as China and others try to woo them to their side. To the workers at USAID, I’m sorry you have been treated the way you have, disrespected in your work, maliciously had your patriotism questioned. You serve your nation and should never be attacked, especially by our own. As someone who once worked at USAID, I stand with you. These actions by Trump/Musk show America as a nation trampling the rule of law. Trump/Musk cannot unilaterally close USAID or transfer under State. USAID is codified by the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, 22 U.S.C. 6501 et seq. Any action to shut USAID down would need to go through Congress, and we will fight this. This is all self-inflicted damage. We face real national security threats, and right now our adversaries/competitors are loving what they see — America at war with itself. |
Anonymous
| cut it off |
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| Yes, I’m sure if they had to do it again, they’d pay better attention to the optics. But in monetary value, that’s a drop in the ocean. |
Anonymous
The stuff gets really good when USAID couples who double dip, meaning a husband and wife couple work for the agency. They will serve their time and retire to start drawing on their retirement and then come back as contractors to the agency and still draw a salary and benefits as contractors, in addition to drawing on the retirement. It's quite a nice hustle, if you can manage it. |
Anonymous
| 6,000 journalists and 700 newsrooms received USAID money. Is Jeff getting any USAID money? |
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| Which is worse - USAID funding the Wuhan Lab gain-of-function research or USAID funding Smartmatic Election Systems cimputers? |
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In Indonesia before the Indian Ocean tsunami, the 5 newspapers poll approval ratings. The US polled at 24% and Osama bin Laden was at 57%.
A year after the US was polling in the 67% and Bin Laden was polling in the low 20’s. This was because of USAID’s response to the disaster. Every dollar that is spent at USAID translates to 7 dollars that the US does not spend on military direct action. |
Anonymous
Which is worst not knowing anything or posting when you know nothing? |