USAID
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On to the next Democratic honeypot of defrauding the American tax payers.
Sure dude, sure. Don't cry when Elon makes a unilateral decision that affects your Medicare and when you're not reimbursed, just remember you clapped for this. Meanwhile, he will pocket the savings
So, you really think they didn't find any fraud? You honestly believe that?
I agree that much of it is spending they don't like, and that will righfully be cut because they did win aftertall.
But its hard to believe someone is so gullible they think there was no fraud found. Are you really that person @dpic73 ? Is that really what you want to white knight for? I mean the budget is enormous, the law of probabilities alone states there is fraud in there.
False video claims celebrities were 'paid' by USAID to visit Ukraine
The video has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation, previously investigated by the BBC.
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Trump makes misleading claims about government payments to Politico. Here's a fact check.
Records show federal agencies, as well as Republican and Democratic lawmakers, paid for subscriptions to Politico. But the company says it's never received federal subsidies.
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Fact or fiction? Trump repeats false claim that US sends condoms to Gaza
Claim was first made in press conference, prompting Fox host to say condoms were also being used to bomb Israel
Dude, people that still believe the words that come out of Trump's mouth astound me, I mean holy fvck. I'm not going to firmly state there was NO fraud, i just wouldn't believe 95% of what comes out of either of those guys mouths because let's not pretend like Elon is an up and up guy either.
This is over the top hysteria over a budget amount that Elon makes in a day and he's broadcasting it worldwide to paint himself as a white knight so that you'll cheer him when he stuffs his pockets with the savings.
HIV/AIDS in Africa
Africa is the most severely affected region of the world by HIV/AIDS. As of 2021, an estimated 25.6 million people were living with HIV in the continent.
Prevalence and Impact:
- HIV prevalence varies widely across Africa, with the highest rates in southern and eastern Africa.
- In 2021, an estimated 380,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in Africa.
- The epidemic has had a devastating impact on families, communities, and economies.
Suspension of US aid forces PEPFAR-funded programs in Africa to close down
Funding freeze is ‘matter of life and death’The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a US government program that helps African countries fight HIV/AIDS and related diseases. PEPFAR has helped save millions of lives, and has also helped reduce deaths from malaria and tuberculosis.
Summary
Struggling to manage hunger crises sweeping the developing world even before U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the international famine monitoring and relief system has suffered multiple blows from a sudden cessation of U.S. foreign aid.
- 500,000 tons of U.S. food aid in limbo in transit or storage - ex-USAID official
- Aid organizations hobbled by loss of hunger monitor FEWS NET
- U.S. offers little guidance on what aid is still allowed as USAID is shuttered
- U.S. is by far world’s largest provider of famine relief
Struggling to manage hunger crises sweeping the developing world even before U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the international famine monitoring and relief system has suffered multiple blows from a sudden cessation of U.S. foreign aid.
Abolishing USAID hurts multiple US priorities
Abolishing the congressionally funded USAID would hurt U.S. interests in multiple ways that go beyond the core principle of U.S. policy to save lives.USAID’s efforts to prevent conflict around the world, encourage democratic and pluralistic processes and protect human rights, reduce suffering from death and disease, encourage sustainable economic growth, and prevent environmental destruction reflect the essence of the United States. They help build an international environment that services U.S. interests and values.
They also constitute soft power projection to compete against Russia’s and China’s anti-American posture and activities around the world. As China expands its diplomatic and economic influence around the world, American support for systems of oversight, accountability, and sustainable economic and environmental decisions helps prevent China from entrapping countries in debt and diplomatic subservience and from monopolizing critical minerals or strategic access points, about which the Trump administration is so concerned with respect to the Panama Canal.
At the time when Russia is selling its military services and engaging in egregious aggression, USAID programming that prevents and diffuses conflict and counters Moscow’s misinformation and disinformation campaigns is an important tool to mitigate Russia’s pernicious influence.
USAID’s efforts also prevent the spread of deadly terrorism that still boils across Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia and affects Americans and U.S. assets too. Programs that lift people out of poverty, foster economic development, encourage access to justice, and promote better governance address the root causes on which terrorism thrives.
And efforts that prevent life-ending or debilitating illness and protect healthy ecosystems support sustainable economic growth, and prevent the global spread of infectious diseases that hurt U.S. citizens and the United States as well. All these USAID efforts help prevent the migration flows the Trump administration is so strongly determined to stop.
The implications of a USAID shutdown
Brookings experts consider the ramifications of a shutdown of USAID and freeze on U.S. foreign assistance under Trump.
www.brookings.edu
On Jan. 20, as U.S. President Donald Trump was being inaugurated in Washington, D.C., some 8,000 miles away in Dar es Salaam, the government of Tanzania was reversing prior denials and declaring that there was, in fact, an outbreak of Marburg virus. Marburg, a highly contagious hemorrhagic virus, is a cousin to Ebola with a case fatality rate as high as 88 percent, and it could bring the kind of global attention the Tanzanian government has long tried to avoid.
Using lessons from the West African Ebola outbreak that began in 2014, which took two years and more than $2 billion of U.S. funding to contain, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were mapping a way to stop the Marburg outbreak early.
The same day in the Western Hemisphere, officials were tracking a new outbreak of the extremely rare and Ebola-like Chapare hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia as they readied to prepare a response. But two weeks later, no plans have been executed, and the USAID leaders who would be responsible are on administrative leave as part of the new administration’s assault on foreign aid. None of the outbreaks have been contained.
Now, Trump has ordered an ill-considered scheme that contravenes U.S. law, could tear apart the international aid infrastructure built with bipartisan support over decades, and which would mean many more outbreaks and other disasters worldwide.
foreignpolicy.com
Using lessons from the West African Ebola outbreak that began in 2014, which took two years and more than $2 billion of U.S. funding to contain, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were mapping a way to stop the Marburg outbreak early.
The same day in the Western Hemisphere, officials were tracking a new outbreak of the extremely rare and Ebola-like Chapare hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia as they readied to prepare a response. But two weeks later, no plans have been executed, and the USAID leaders who would be responsible are on administrative leave as part of the new administration’s assault on foreign aid. None of the outbreaks have been contained.
Now, Trump has ordered an ill-considered scheme that contravenes U.S. law, could tear apart the international aid infrastructure built with bipartisan support over decades, and which would mean many more outbreaks and other disasters worldwide.
Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous
The State Department isn’t ready to handle vital disease-prevention efforts worldwide.
foreignpolicy.com
What if we abolish USAID and bring that function underneath the State Department who can verify that what is being spent and what it is being spent on aligns with our foreign policy objectives? Probably could administer the programs with less overhead and then have more bang for the buck.
Fine but shouldn't they have thought that through and planned for it before they stopped the plane in mid-flight and fired the crew with no experienced pilots available to man it for a few months?
The cruel, chaotic destruction of everything we value as Americans is sickening and the whole world is disgusted by us now - not to mention afraid of us.
