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✨ The problem with US foreign aid ✨ My co-founder Faisal Saeed Al Mutar gave this TED Talks a month before the election last year, shedding light on why traditional aid just seems to disappear into an abyss without results to show for it and how to reform it.... Little did he know that Trump would take office and send a wrecking ball into many institutions involved in aid and development work. When all the frivolous spending came to light, Elon Musk asked: which organization was free of USAID funds? Well.. Ideas Beyond Borders. We reimagined aid as an investment rather than charity, by directly funding local entrepreneurs with market-driven ideas. Privately. Not through tax payer dollars. Thanks to tylercowen for setting the precedent with Emergent Ventures and advising usshow more

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Trump helps Putin so that Ukrainians don't survive this harsh winter. The US is withholding energy aid to Kyiv through Trump, leaving Ukrainians to freeze this winter, - Reuters The money, originally intended to finance purchases of liquefied natural gas and to repair energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, has been frozen. The US had already planned to provide certain amounts through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Biden administration. However, when Trump came to power, the agency was dissolved, and the funds earmarked for Ukraine remained in limbo. The total amount is approximately $250 million. This situation has led to disappointment in recent weeks, against the backdrop of intense Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants, which have left millions of Ukrainians without light or heat in the cold. A Ukrainian official interviewed by journalists explained that Kyiv was aware of the aid delay but was hesitant to raise the issue for fear of triggering a diplomatic incident. This comes after US President Donald Trump's cold response to Ukraine's aid requests. The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Reuters contacted for comment, instead accused Ukraine and the Biden administration of misusing American aid.

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Asmongold says Trump should send 100,000 AC units to Europe as foreign aid just to make them look stupid "Trump should go and say we have to send foreign aid to the United Kingdom and to France. Can you imagine if he did that and how bad that would make them look?" "It would be a crazy PR move for Trump to offer to send over 100,000 air conditioning units for us to take care of our European brothers. All the European countries would say no or regulate the fuck out of them and it would cause so much chaos." "Is it worth 30 million dollars to mog Europe? Honestly, I want to spend more just on the principal."

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio exploded as ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos pressed him on his denial that people had died as a result of U.S. aid cuts. During the Tuedsay morning interview on Good Morning America Rubio painted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shuttered by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative this year, as having been bloated and corrupt. We shut down U.S. aid because it was a dysfunctional organization,” Rubio began. “We moved it under the State Department,” he said. “We are going to do more foreign aid than any country in the world… but we’re going to do it the right way.” “That’s all in the future, but are you standing by that comment you’re saying that no one died because of the aid cuts are all those aid organizations?” Stephanopoulos asked. “That’s ridiculous,” Rubio snapped back. Rubio continued: “Well first of all, well then they died because England didn’t give enough money or Canada didn’t give more or China did. Let’s blame the other countries that don’t do any foreign aid. How about China? I mean China’s the second largest economy in the world. They don’t give money to these projects.” “I think anybody who tells you that somehow it’s the United States, if we cut a dollar, somehow we’re responsible for some horrific thing that’s going on in the world, it’s just not true,” Rubio replied. The secretary of state pivoted to blame corruption and “gangs” in the countries receiving aid. Rubio continued: “One of the reasons why some of the places didn’t get the aid is not because we cut the aid. It’s because there’s a war going on and the aid never got to the people. So in Sudan, for example, it’s not just a humanitarian catastrophe, it is a war zone. Okay, the aid is stolen, the aid is impeded, in fact they use aid as a tool against the people, and so blocking aid is a tool and an arm of war. So in some of these places, the reason why the aid isn’t getting there is it can’t be distributed.” He added: “Look at Haiti, one of the reasons why aid can’t be distributed in Haiti, is you can send all the aid in the world you want, it gets hijacked and stolen by criminal gangs that control the country. And so they’re the ones to blame for whatever is happening there, not us who provided more aid than anybody else.” Returning to his original question: “Stephanopoulos again replied, “Well let me just say one more time, are you standing by your contention that no one has died?” “No one has died because the United States has cut aid,” Rubio clapped back. “No, people have died because gangs steal the aid. People have died because the distributors of aid have not done well. People have died because other countries haven’t stepped up, but the United States has saved more lives and continues to save more lives than any other country in the world.” He concluded: “And we’re gonna continue to do it, but we’re going to do the right way and in a responsible way. We’re not going to continue to pour billions of dollars out the door of American taxpayer funds for programs that don’t work and in some cases were flat out corrupt.” Who loves Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? I do! 👍🏻

Secretary of State Marco Rubio exploded as ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos pressed him on his denial that people had died as a result of U.S. aid cuts. During the Tuedsay morning interview on Good Morning America Rubio painted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shuttered by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative this year, as having been bloated and corrupt. We shut down U.S. aid because it was a dysfunctional organization,” Rubio began. “We moved it under the State Department,” he said. “We are going to do more foreign aid than any country in the world… but we’re going to do it the right way.” “That’s all in the future, but are you standing by that comment you’re saying that no one died because of the aid cuts are all those aid organizations?” Stephanopoulos asked. “That’s ridiculous,” Rubio snapped back. Rubio continued: “Well first of all, well then they died because England didn’t give enough money or Canada didn’t give more or China did. Let’s blame the other countries that don’t do any foreign aid. How about China? I mean China’s the second largest economy in the world. They don’t give money to these projects.” “I think anybody who tells you that somehow it’s the United States, if we cut a dollar, somehow we’re responsible for some horrific thing that’s going on in the world, it’s just not true,” Rubio replied. The secretary of state pivoted to blame corruption and “gangs” in the countries receiving aid. Rubio continued: “One of the reasons why some of the places didn’t get the aid is not because we cut the aid. It’s because there’s a war going on and the aid never got to the people. So in Sudan, for example, it’s not just a humanitarian catastrophe, it is a war zone. Okay, the aid is stolen, the aid is impeded, in fact they use aid as a tool against the people, and so blocking aid is a tool and an arm of war. So in some of these places, the reason why the aid isn’t getting there is it can’t be distributed.” He added: “Look at Haiti, one of the reasons why aid can’t be distributed in Haiti, is you can send all the aid in the world you want, it gets hijacked and stolen by criminal gangs that control the country. And so they’re the ones to blame for whatever is happening there, not us who provided more aid than anybody else.” Returning to his original question: “Stephanopoulos again replied, “Well let me just say one more time, are you standing by your contention that no one has died?” “No one has died because the United States has cut aid,” Rubio clapped back. “No, people have died because gangs steal the aid. People have died because the distributors of aid have not done well. People have died because other countries haven’t stepped up, but the United States has saved more lives and continues to save more lives than any other country in the world.” He concluded: “And we’re gonna continue to do it, but we’re going to do the right way and in a responsible way. We’re not going to continue to pour billions of dollars out the door of American taxpayer funds for programs that don’t work and in some cases were flat out corrupt.” Who loves Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? I do! 👍🏻

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I was watching this video of the US-Israeli food aid distribution project progressing in an orderly fashion today and it occurred to me that we’ve never before this initiative seen Palestinian civilians receiving aid — even though thousands of aid trucks went into Gaza under UN supervision since the start of the war. Hamas was taking all the aid and storing it in their warehouses. Some was sold to the civilians but most was hoarded by the terrorists. Trump’s recent Gaza deal terms included giving civilian aid distribution back to the UN — which means Hamas would be hoarding it again and the civilians wouldn’t be receiving what is intended for them. What a terrible judgment call.

I was watching this video of the US-Israeli food aid distribution project progressing in an orderly fashion today and it occurred to me that we’ve never before this initiative seen Palestinian civilians receiving aid — even though thousands of aid trucks went into Gaza under UN supervision since the start of the war. Hamas was taking all the aid and storing it in their warehouses. Some was sold to the civilians but most was hoarded by the terrorists. Trump’s recent Gaza deal terms included giving civilian aid distribution back to the UN — which means Hamas would be hoarding it again and the civilians wouldn’t be receiving what is intended for them. What a terrible judgment call.

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Sept 2025. Marco Rubio combats a hostile George Stephanopoulos, who angrily tries to get Rubio to agree that USAID cuts are causing deaths. Rubio’s methodical response: "We shut down AID because it was a dysfunctional organization. We moved it under the State Department. Number two, we are going to do more foreign aid than any country in the world." "We are not going to fund an NGO industrial complex that built itself up, that was taking a substantial percentage of the money…" "So we are restructuring the way we do aid. It's going to be far more effective and integrated into our holistic foreign policy." "Let's blame the other countries that don't do any foreign aid." “Anybody who tells you that somehow it's the United States, if we cut a dollar, somehow we're responsible for some horrific thing that's going on in the world. It's just not true." “One of the reasons why some of these places didn't get the aid is not because we cut the aid. It's because there's a war going on and the aid never got to the people." "It gets hijacked and stolen by criminal gangs that control the country. And so they're the ones to blame for whatever happening there, not us who provided more aid than anybody else." "No one has died because the United States has cut aid." “The United States has saved more lives and continues to save more lives than any other country in the world." **Stephanopoulos grimaces, fumes and pouts**

Sept 2025. Marco Rubio combats a hostile George Stephanopoulos, who angrily tries to get Rubio to agree that USAID cuts are causing deaths. Rubio’s methodical response: "We shut down AID because it was a dysfunctional organization. We moved it under the State Department. Number two, we are going to do more foreign aid than any country in the world." "We are not going to fund an NGO industrial complex that built itself up, that was taking a substantial percentage of the money…" "So we are restructuring the way we do aid. It's going to be far more effective and integrated into our holistic foreign policy." "Let's blame the other countries that don't do any foreign aid." “Anybody who tells you that somehow it's the United States, if we cut a dollar, somehow we're responsible for some horrific thing that's going on in the world. It's just not true." “One of the reasons why some of these places didn't get the aid is not because we cut the aid. It's because there's a war going on and the aid never got to the people." "It gets hijacked and stolen by criminal gangs that control the country. And so they're the ones to blame for whatever happening there, not us who provided more aid than anybody else." "No one has died because the United States has cut aid." “The United States has saved more lives and continues to save more lives than any other country in the world." Stephanopoulos grimaces, fumes and pouts

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USAID was a cesspool of corruption, a front for funneling taxpayer dollars into the pockets of the Deep State. President Trump and Elon Musk uncovered the rot at its core—illegal activities, money laundering for CIA projects, and even funding heroin production in Afghanistan. They were using your money to hit political enemies, like Rudy Giuliani, and to push narratives through bought journalists. This wasn't just aid; it was a machine to influence global politics and domestic scandals, including attempts to impeach President Trump. Now, with Trump's freeze on aid, staff locked out, and talks of merging with State Department signal a drastic overhaul, we see the truth: a government agency gone rogue, deciding winners and losers at home and abroad. Thank you, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk for exposing and stopping this criminal enterprise. It's time justice is served, and law and order returns to our government.

USAID was a cesspool of corruption, a front for funneling taxpayer dollars into the pockets of the Deep State. President Trump and Elon Musk uncovered the rot at its core—illegal activities, money laundering for CIA projects, and even funding heroin production in Afghanistan. They were using your money to hit political enemies, like Rudy Giuliani, and to push narratives through bought journalists. This wasn't just aid; it was a machine to influence global politics and domestic scandals, including attempts to impeach President Trump. Now, with Trump's freeze on aid, staff locked out, and talks of merging with State Department signal a drastic overhaul, we see the truth: a government agency gone rogue, deciding winners and losers at home and abroad. Thank you, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk for exposing and stopping this criminal enterprise. It's time justice is served, and law and order returns to our government.

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Mike Cuckabee is repeating the same lie he told Tucker Carlson during his interview: "Israel spends its US military aid in the US, supporting the US economy." This lie has become the default rebuttal to anyone who challenges the rationale behind US military aid to Israel. Under the current Memorandum of Understanding, Israel is required to spend a gradually increasing amount of US aid inside of the US, while gradually decreasing the amount of aid it spends with its own defense industry in Israel. In other words, every year, "off-shore procurement" (OSP) must be reduced until the entirety of the US aid is spent within the US. The problem is, Israeli defense contractors have opened up subsidiaries in the US, so they're technically no longer considered "off-shore." So, Israel can theoretically spend all $3.8B in aid it receives every year with its own defense contractors in the US. These Israeli defense contractors may employ some American workers in non-sensitive roles, but the parent companies in Israel are still benefiting through the profit and expertise of their American operations. Some of the Israeli defense contractors who have set up subsidiaries in the US include Elbit Systems, IAI North America, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, XTEND, etc. Further, Israel is one of only a few countries that is allowed to use its aid to contract directly with US-based defense contractors, instead of being forced to use the Pentagon as a middleman to buy its weapons. This process is called Direct Commercial Sales (as opposed to Foreign Military Sales) which decreases the transparency in how Israel is spending its aid money since these transactions usually have confidentiality agreements. Having said all of this, Israel does spend some of its aid money with US defense contractors. For example, it used its aid grants to purchase the F-35 from Lockheed Martin. But, what 99% of the American public doesn't know is that the contracts for these purchases have offset agreements that force Lcokheed Martin to buy billions of dollars worth of parts, systems, and services from Israeli defense contractors which "offsets" the cost of Israel's purchases from US contractors by generating money for its own defense industry. Incidentally, the offset mechanism is a good proxy for how the new provision in the 2027 NDAA will work, essentially creating a dependency on the Israeli defense industry for the US military. Even though Israel would no longer receive aid, they would be jointly developing technology with the US, similar to what Raytheon and Rafael did with the Iron Dome. The irony of this is that after the Iron Dome was completed, Israel refused to give the US the software source code for it, so it couldn't be integrated into the US defense network. Solid partner, right? Also, in light of the shortage of rare earths within the US defense industry due to China tightening its export controls, it seems absurd that the US wants to increase its dependency on another foreign country for its own national security. In reality, the NDAA provision is just a way for Jews to hide Israel's parasitical relationship with the US since the US will continue to keep billions of dollars of weapons stockpiles in its WRSA-I weapons depot in Israel, which the Israelis can use if needed. This weapon reserve is funded by American taxpayers but is not counted as aid to Israel despite the fact that Israel uses it. And of course, Congress will pass any emergency aid appropriations if Israel needs additional military aid, just like Congress did after Israel depleted its stockpiles of bombs on Palestinian women and children. To sum up, Israel spends a significant portion of its US aid on its own contractors located in the US, and even when it does spend US aid on US contractors, they use offsets to force those contractors to buy parts from Israeli contractors. Israel is a parasite and Mike Cuckabee is aiding and abetting the fleecing of America.

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MEF Executive Testifies On US Foreign Aid Being Used To Fund Terror When Middle East Forum (MEF) Executive Director Gregg Roman testified before a US Congressional House Committee on US foreign spending in February 2025, he confirmed what many of Africa’s greatest voices have warned for decades: that foreign aid is not altruism, but a tool of colonial dominance. In his own words, billions of dollars have flowed from the US to terrorist groups across the Global South, fueling conflicts, destabilizing regions and endangering millions of lives. A geopolitical partner that gives with one hand and destabilizes with the other is not a geopolitical partner at all. It is an existential threat. And when Africa finally controls its own resources, its own development and its own security… that threat will finally be neutralized.

MEF Executive Testifies On US Foreign Aid Being Used To Fund Terror When Middle East Forum (MEF) Executive Director Gregg Roman testified before a US Congressional House Committee on US foreign spending in February 2025, he confirmed what many of Africa’s greatest voices have warned for decades: that foreign aid is not altruism, but a tool of colonial dominance. In his own words, billions of dollars have flowed from the US to terrorist groups across the Global South, fueling conflicts, destabilizing regions and endangering millions of lives. A geopolitical partner that gives with one hand and destabilizes with the other is not a geopolitical partner at all. It is an existential threat. And when Africa finally controls its own resources, its own development and its own security… that threat will finally be neutralized.

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The IDF said it targeted and killed a Hamas cell who were disguised as World Central Kitchen (World Central Kitchen) members. Video released by the IDF shows armed individuals wearing neon yellow vests adjacent to a vehicle with the WCK logo on the roof. The event occurred last week in Deir al-Balah and resulted in the killing of five Hamas members, the IDF said. The IDF verified with WCK that the vehicle had no connection to the organization. --- Now asks yourselves this: If Hamas impersonates members of an aid organization, why is it difficult for some to conceive it would do the same with journalists? This would be a very good time for the WCK to condemn Hamas. This would also be a good time for all aid organizations to condemn Hamas for impersonating aid workers.

Joe Truzman

68,470 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

From July 2024: Nick Fuentes makes the case for sending foreign aid to Israel. -- TRANSCRIPT The president's policy is, let's make Israel independent from the United States. That's not good for the United States. And this is gonna sound, like, you know, counterintuitive, but you know, you could look it up. Last summer, all the Jews got—this sounds dumb the way I'm saying it—but look up Tablet Magazine. It's a Jewish paper. In July 2023, they did a symposium on foreign aid to Israel. And so, all of their contributors wrote, you know, for or against, whether we should get rid of it or not get rid of it. And—the guy's name is Siegel, he's, like, a prominent neocon, his dad's a big neocon, and they're connected to everybody. And the main article says, "We need to get rid of foreign aid to Israel," but not for the reason that you'd think. You know, we all thought we were based for being against foreign to aid to Israel, and for obvious reasons—"We need to spend the tax dollars here!"—True! But what Siegel—I think his name's Jacob Siegel; his dad's Fred Siegel—What Jacob Siegel argues is, no, we need to rid of foreign aid to Israel because it's acting as golden handcuffs. They're saying that as America, as the left becomes more anti-Israel—and the left is hegemonic—the United States will use the aid that they give to Israel to leverage Israel and restrain Israel. He said, "So, we need to get rid of the foreign aid so we can be completely independent. And we can do whatever we want. And the United States can't control us." So, the most militant Zionists are now actually arguing against the foreign aid. And that's why, by the way, you know, when Matt Walsh at Daily Wire says "We shouldn't send foreign to Israel," and Jeremy Boreing and Ben Shapiro say, "Oh, well, you know, you don't get fired for—" And Shapiro and Boreing say "Oh, see, we allow a rebuttal. We allow the different opinion on our show." Yeah, that's because that actually helps them. They don't want the foreign aid because they—some of these so-called revisionist Zionists, Jewish maximalists—they want to get rid of the foreign aid so they have the freedom of action. And JD Vance, looking to him—he runs a hedge fund, he was with Peter Thiel, the guy's like a Straussian—JD Vance says: We need to arm Israel so they can conduct an independent foreign policy. We need to arm them so that they can confront Iran. So like, this is the policy. And the policy is to make Israel independent of us. But, you know, we want these countries—It's actually ironically America First to make these countries dependent on us.

From July 2024: Nick Fuentes makes the case for sending foreign aid to Israel. -- TRANSCRIPT The president's policy is, let's make Israel independent from the United States. That's not good for the United States. And this is gonna sound, like, you know, counterintuitive, but you know, you could look it up. Last summer, all the Jews got—this sounds dumb the way I'm saying it—but look up Tablet Magazine. It's a Jewish paper. In July 2023, they did a symposium on foreign aid to Israel. And so, all of their contributors wrote, you know, for or against, whether we should get rid of it or not get rid of it. And—the guy's name is Siegel, he's, like, a prominent neocon, his dad's a big neocon, and they're connected to everybody. And the main article says, "We need to get rid of foreign aid to Israel," but not for the reason that you'd think. You know, we all thought we were based for being against foreign to aid to Israel, and for obvious reasons—"We need to spend the tax dollars here!"—True! But what Siegel—I think his name's Jacob Siegel; his dad's Fred Siegel—What Jacob Siegel argues is, no, we need to rid of foreign aid to Israel because it's acting as golden handcuffs. They're saying that as America, as the left becomes more anti-Israel—and the left is hegemonic—the United States will use the aid that they give to Israel to leverage Israel and restrain Israel. He said, "So, we need to get rid of the foreign aid so we can be completely independent. And we can do whatever we want. And the United States can't control us." So, the most militant Zionists are now actually arguing against the foreign aid. And that's why, by the way, you know, when Matt Walsh at Daily Wire says "We shouldn't send foreign to Israel," and Jeremy Boreing and Ben Shapiro say, "Oh, well, you know, you don't get fired for—" And Shapiro and Boreing say "Oh, see, we allow a rebuttal. We allow the different opinion on our show." Yeah, that's because that actually helps them. They don't want the foreign aid because they—some of these so-called revisionist Zionists, Jewish maximalists—they want to get rid of the foreign aid so they have the freedom of action. And JD Vance, looking to him—he runs a hedge fund, he was with Peter Thiel, the guy's like a Straussian—JD Vance says: We need to arm Israel so they can conduct an independent foreign policy. We need to arm them so that they can confront Iran. So like, this is the policy. And the policy is to make Israel independent of us. But, you know, we want these countries—It's actually ironically America First to make these countries dependent on us.

Max 📟

13,612 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

The Bizarre Gymnastics Of The Gaza Aid Pier So let me get this straight. The US wound up building its "floating pier" a few miles off the coast of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, but nobody will be able to ship the aid directly to the pier to get it to Gaza. Instead, the aid will be delivered to Cyprus via air or sea, and then from Cyprus the aid will be shipped 200 miles to the pier. From there the pallets of aid will be loaded onto smaller US army boats, which will then carry the aid from the pier to a long causeway on Gaza's actual coast. Those pallets will then be carried from the boats to the shore via the causeway - possibly by British troops or possibly by Israeli troops depending on what source you're reading - and taken into Gaza by IDF troops after careful examination and approval of their contents. All to deliver some 90 to 150 truckloads worth of aid per day, which is far short of the 500 truckloads the UN says Gaza needs. And this is all being done because Israel isn't simply letting people drive an adequate amount of aid through the custom-built gates directly into Gaza. Since Washington doesn't want to exert any pressure on Israel to allow such a self-evident move, this immensely complicated and expensive dance is being performed to deliver a pathetically inadequate amount of aid instead. Aid that is only necessary because Israel has been destroying Gaza in its genocidal bombing campaign which it has been carrying out with total impunity. Cool. Very normal and cool. Reading by Tim Foley.

The Bizarre Gymnastics Of The Gaza Aid Pier So let me get this straight. The US wound up building its "floating pier" a few miles off the coast of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, but nobody will be able to ship the aid directly to the pier to get it to Gaza. Instead, the aid will be delivered to Cyprus via air or sea, and then from Cyprus the aid will be shipped 200 miles to the pier. From there the pallets of aid will be loaded onto smaller US army boats, which will then carry the aid from the pier to a long causeway on Gaza's actual coast. Those pallets will then be carried from the boats to the shore via the causeway - possibly by British troops or possibly by Israeli troops depending on what source you're reading - and taken into Gaza by IDF troops after careful examination and approval of their contents. All to deliver some 90 to 150 truckloads worth of aid per day, which is far short of the 500 truckloads the UN says Gaza needs. And this is all being done because Israel isn't simply letting people drive an adequate amount of aid through the custom-built gates directly into Gaza. Since Washington doesn't want to exert any pressure on Israel to allow such a self-evident move, this immensely complicated and expensive dance is being performed to deliver a pathetically inadequate amount of aid instead. Aid that is only necessary because Israel has been destroying Gaza in its genocidal bombing campaign which it has been carrying out with total impunity. Cool. Very normal and cool. Reading by Tim Foley.

Caitlin Johnstone

130,005 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Drop Site's Ryan Grim breaks down how Congress, Trump and the Secretary of State approved aid funds—only for ‘Doge kids’ in the bureaucracy to block it: "Trump approved spending around feeding the hungry and AIDS funding… So they approved a bunch of that stuff. And then DOGE people came into the back end… big balls comes in, or not big—I don't want to slander big balls if he didn't have anything to do with this...Some DOGE person goes in and just clicks a button and blocks it"

Drop Site's Ryan Grim breaks down how Congress, Trump and the Secretary of State approved aid funds—only for ‘Doge kids’ in the bureaucracy to block it: "Trump approved spending around feeding the hungry and AIDS funding… So they approved a bunch of that stuff. And then DOGE people came into the back end… big balls comes in, or not big—I don't want to slander big balls if he didn't have anything to do with this...Some DOGE person goes in and just clicks a button and blocks it"

Drop Site

19,240 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

When I shared this video last week of South African businessman Rob Hersov telling us what Trump is doing to South Africa now, many dismissed Hersov as a liar. His words have come to pass! Many are wondering why Trump chose aid cuts for South Africa rather than sanctions or tariffs. The people urging him on and falsely claiming that white South Africans are being persecuted by their government are white business owners and pressure groups. They know that sanctions or tariffs would hurt them, whereas cutting aid will supposedly harm poor black South Africans and the government. Luckily for South Africa, only 17% of its antiretroviral support comes from America, and it receives no other aid from there according to President Ramaphosa! It is time for African countries to wean themselves off Western donor aid. We do not need it; what we need is trade, especially among ourselves, and an end to corruption. Africa is a continent of roughly 1.5 billion people, as big as China, we need to focus on trade. We have been saying this for years, hopefully the leaders will now see some light! And to the Black South Africans who were cheering on Trump, they say you do not kick a man when he is down! In Zimbabwe, we have a saying: a dog’s puppies do not open their eyes on the same day.

When I shared this video last week of South African businessman Rob Hersov telling us what Trump is doing to South Africa now, many dismissed Hersov as a liar. His words have come to pass! Many are wondering why Trump chose aid cuts for South Africa rather than sanctions or tariffs. The people urging him on and falsely claiming that white South Africans are being persecuted by their government are white business owners and pressure groups. They know that sanctions or tariffs would hurt them, whereas cutting aid will supposedly harm poor black South Africans and the government. Luckily for South Africa, only 17% of its antiretroviral support comes from America, and it receives no other aid from there according to President Ramaphosa! It is time for African countries to wean themselves off Western donor aid. We do not need it; what we need is trade, especially among ourselves, and an end to corruption. Africa is a continent of roughly 1.5 billion people, as big as China, we need to focus on trade. We have been saying this for years, hopefully the leaders will now see some light! And to the Black South Africans who were cheering on Trump, they say you do not kick a man when he is down! In Zimbabwe, we have a saying: a dog’s puppies do not open their eyes on the same day.

Hopewell Chin’ono

59,230 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr