Trump and the GOP are wrecking the world
President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach means decimation worldwide – and in particular in Africa.
After taking office, the president quickly dug the American agency for international development, which is the main organization of foreign aid to the government. In July, USAID Closes its doors.
“We do not reduce foreign aid. We realize it to the values of this administration “,” said spokesperson for the State Department. But it is above all a lie. The administration is billions claw.
At home, this meant thousands of unemployed employees, while people standing were collected by the State Department. But elsewhere in the world?
Earlier this week, a federal court of appeal allowed The Trump administration to kill $ 6 billion for HIV / AIDS programs and $ 4 billion for global health programs. Other cuts have also been authorized. And when the well began to dry, some African countries were quickly sent in crisis.
“The impact is serious and immediate”, ” said Dr. Allen Maina, head of public health of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
For example, the Democratic Republic of Congo is short of water and medical supplies. And in Ethiopia, children were released from medical establishments “suddenly or prematurely,” he added, due to a lack of staff and resources.
“This is a crisis in addition to a long-standing situation of low financing for humanitarian situations,” he said.
The crises abound. In Sudan of war, 1,700 food kitchens closed their doors To hungry and desperate, mainly due to the USAID cuts and eliminated federal contracts. And to the west, hundreds of Nigerian children are die of malnutrition While the United States and other countries are retreating their resources.
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio began to show the Americans where they plan to concentrate foreign aid instead.
At the end of last month, Rubio announced $ 60 million in foreign aid towards the Philippines. A government press release said funds would support “energy, maritime and economic growth programs” with a country to which the United States has solid economic ties.
Daily Kos contacted the State Department to comment but did not immediately hear.
For the Trump administration, “America first” seems to mean that countries only deserve if they can only provide something in return. But as the United States and other countries are more and more helping those who need it, the lost lives – more than saved money – are already counting.
