'A program of assistance to the underdeveloped nations must continue because the nation's interest and the cause of political freedom require it,' President Kennedy said.
The only thing we can rely on is sending most everything from FFOTUS to the trash heap like this ‘decision’. What a travesty! Once we get Congress back we can pass laws (not EOs) to reestablish all these things we’ve lost. And then take on the delightful task of using our Rule of Law to go after traitors like Miller and the rest of the Junk Drawer. Aahhhh….. makes me smile to envision it!
“Defunding USAID could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, according to a study by the medical journal Lancet, which estimated that the programs supported by USAID prevented 91 million deaths between 2001 and 2021 in low- and middle-income countries.”
A group of people are known amongst their fellow human beings for the compassion such group shows, especially for those in great need; for those who cannot care for themselves; for the sick; for the hungry; for the poor; for the young; for the elderly.
They are known for reverence and for humility, and for the regard they show those who have gone before them.
There are Bible-thumpers in the White House who make the greed of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel look positively virtuous.
What deep shame they bring upon themselves, and upon our nation, in the eyes of the world.
Paraphrasing the prophet Daniel, they have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.
They themselves are idolaters of greed, of cruelty, of malice, and of hatred.
They shall be consumed by the tin god they worship.
Hearing their god, and those tending his altar, condemn Putin as a killer, is true depth, a blasphemy stinking the sound of human utterance.
Jack Kennedy wanted us to take our bounty and treasure, and to be a light on a hill to the rest of the world; not a charnel ground full of captains of industry and slave masters.
Let us return to that vision. Let us hold our hands out to the rest of the world.
Let us not be stopped, from engaging and enacting that vision.
For me the greatest obscenity of this obscene administration has been the destruction of USAID. It costs so little to preserve so many lives. Saving lives should be the most basic mission of any government—why does that even need saying? The pragmatic, realpolitik justifications for USAID, even from its inception, perhaps always had a mild taint of hypocrisy. But surely they are the strongest arguments against its abandonment by a government now.
I hope more discussion on the enormity of this act will occur. There have been too few mentions in the MSM. I haven’t seen any yet coming to the obvious conclusion: The Trump administration wants these people to die.
Why? The driving force behind the move is a population-collapse catastrophist. Shouldn’t he want to save lives? Not when he’s also a pro-apartheid, openly fascistic proponent of White-Replacement theory.
While Musk is beneath contempt, as is Rubio, responsibility lies with the head of government. This is Trump’s worst crime.
USAID ambassadors could possibly help elevate these less fortunate nations as a way to obtaining greater self sufficiency when it’s economically feasible for them to do so. In other words it can help them in more ways than one.
I guess those 90 million lives just weren’t worth it. Trump is no Kennedy.
We are unworthy of the giants' shoulders upon which we stand.
Thank you for writing this informative piece and for paying tribute to President Kennedy for creating USAID.
The only thing we can rely on is sending most everything from FFOTUS to the trash heap like this ‘decision’. What a travesty! Once we get Congress back we can pass laws (not EOs) to reestablish all these things we’ve lost. And then take on the delightful task of using our Rule of Law to go after traitors like Miller and the rest of the Junk Drawer. Aahhhh….. makes me smile to envision it!
“Defunding USAID could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, according to a study by the medical journal Lancet, which estimated that the programs supported by USAID prevented 91 million deaths between 2001 and 2021 in low- and middle-income countries.”
A group of people are known amongst their fellow human beings for the compassion such group shows, especially for those in great need; for those who cannot care for themselves; for the sick; for the hungry; for the poor; for the young; for the elderly.
They are known for reverence and for humility, and for the regard they show those who have gone before them.
There are Bible-thumpers in the White House who make the greed of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel look positively virtuous.
What deep shame they bring upon themselves, and upon our nation, in the eyes of the world.
Paraphrasing the prophet Daniel, they have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.
They themselves are idolaters of greed, of cruelty, of malice, and of hatred.
They shall be consumed by the tin god they worship.
Hearing their god, and those tending his altar, condemn Putin as a killer, is true depth, a blasphemy stinking the sound of human utterance.
Jack Kennedy wanted us to take our bounty and treasure, and to be a light on a hill to the rest of the world; not a charnel ground full of captains of industry and slave masters.
Let us return to that vision. Let us hold our hands out to the rest of the world.
Let us not be stopped, from engaging and enacting that vision.
Marco Rubio ... so feckless, incompetent ... truly a mouthpiece without honor. He fits right in with the DJT regime.
For me the greatest obscenity of this obscene administration has been the destruction of USAID. It costs so little to preserve so many lives. Saving lives should be the most basic mission of any government—why does that even need saying? The pragmatic, realpolitik justifications for USAID, even from its inception, perhaps always had a mild taint of hypocrisy. But surely they are the strongest arguments against its abandonment by a government now.
I hope more discussion on the enormity of this act will occur. There have been too few mentions in the MSM. I haven’t seen any yet coming to the obvious conclusion: The Trump administration wants these people to die.
Why? The driving force behind the move is a population-collapse catastrophist. Shouldn’t he want to save lives? Not when he’s also a pro-apartheid, openly fascistic proponent of White-Replacement theory.
While Musk is beneath contempt, as is Rubio, responsibility lies with the head of government. This is Trump’s worst crime.
USAID ambassadors could possibly help elevate these less fortunate nations as a way to obtaining greater self sufficiency when it’s economically feasible for them to do so. In other words it can help them in more ways than one.
Looks like SOS Rubio, and others, did no review of the start of USAID, showing the outright ignorance of the Republicans and their MAGA prez.