Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.
The food stocks have been stuck inside 4 U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration’s decision in January to cut global aid programmes, according to three people who previously worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development and two sources from other aid organisations.
Some stocks that are due to expire as early as July are likely to be destroyed, either by incineration, using them as animal feed or disposing of them in other ways, two of the sources said.
The warehouses, which are run by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), contain between 60,000 to 66,000 metric tonnes of food, sourced from American farmers and manufacturers, the five people said.
Food we’ve already bought and paid for - our tax dollars at work, literally - intentionally being left to rot. I hate all of this so much. They continue actively and aggressively hurting vulnerable people while putting money into the pockets of those with astronomical treasure piles already. Such efficiency. Very awesomeness.
“At least the filthy libs are losing”
Even Jerry Moran, the limp-dick asshole Kansas senator, went public begging Donald to release it.
Just absolute stupidity, but beneficial for the rich in some way, so they see no reason to change it.
I would bet anything that they are trying to reduce the global population, partially because they believe we are overpopulated, partly to kill as many not white people as they can.
I wouldn’t put it past them.
pretty much one of the plots of ebenezer scrooge movies, i think its old movie where ebenezer said the world population was overcrowded, it was prudent in his mind it needs to be reduced by denying them any form of charity, when charity/beggars ask him for money.
In their eyes we are overpopulated now that the machines are on the rise. There’s too many humans and not enough roles for us to fill. Humans are expensive to keep
In their eyes, yes. They are deluded idiots that refuse to acknowledge actual science because it hurts their feelings.
haha, trump does not like beggars, he considers them suckers and losers.
he blew off HUCKABEE sanders when she asked for disaster aid.
in my area, theres several groups that serves solely to elderly chinese people, basically a food bank, im guessing these are seperate from usaids.
That Department Of Government Efficiency is sure making an impact.
Thank God nobody voted for Harris.
Now the Gaza genocide isn’t as big of a deal, because we have a dozen larger ones too.
This administration would rather they go to waste and people starve then to lift one little finger to help
…you’re just getting this?
But thank God, because biden or Harris would have been worse somehow!
Um, no. I am saying it out loud for those in the back?!
There is enough food in the world for no one to go hungry, capitalism dictates people should go hungry.
There are plenty of hungry Americans, but the MAGA fuckers do not give a shit about them.
The purpose of these aid programs is cynical: they are to create exactly this kind of dependency. It is why food sovereignty is considered a threat and is actively undermined by the IMF.
What we are seeing is what threat is being made when a country is made dependent on “aid”: starvation. Same as in Gaza. This is the calculus the US and its cronies force upon the global south: submit to insecurity and become a dependency or try to go your own path and become villified and a target to be destroyed.
The former path is guaranteed death and suffering, which is why nations led by those with a coherent political program choose the latter and invest in food sovereignty as an anti-imperialist measure.
starvation/famine makes the country very unstable, politically, it makes them easy targets for other country with alot of wealth.
If all it takes to cause famine is one country no longer sending aid, you are extremely vulnerable to that country. The desirable alternative is food sovereignty - under conditions of international pressure there may be scarcity but not starvation.
Why not bring it back and feed the homeless? Idiots.
