Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe
The last ten days or so provide a slew of examples of what I’m tentatively calling, “the big shift” — very obvious examples where we can show Trump taking funds away from something good and spending those funds on something horrible. Most notably, while Trump defunds VA care, he has sent masked Latino men to Blue cities to shoot people like VA nurse Alex Pretti dead.
Yesterday brought another such example.
Early last week, the Lancet released a study predicting the impact of last year’s cuts to USAID based on showing the benefits of past funding. Here’s CNN’s summary:
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination of medical programs in Afghanistan, and the end of numerous programs tackling malnutrition and preventable diseases around the world.
The slashing of US foreign assistance was followed by cuts by the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and other developed nations, which are set to take effect this year and next year, compounding the impact.
Now, a new study published in The Lancet medical journal aims to quantify the human toll of those budget decisions – projecting that global aid cuts could lead to at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.
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