That's not what happened. The food had been shipped to a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai. It wasn't rotting for months in Biden's garage or some other US sites. On January 25, five days after the inauguration, trump sent the directive freezing all foreign aid. He also banned any communications between USAID and the State Dept. unless approved beforehand. USAID had to issue "stop-work" orders to its contractors. Nobody was permitted to deliver the food unless they provided "detailed information and justification."
trump's memo said "further waivers would require two layers of approval – one from USAID leadership and another by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In May, months after that memo went out, Rubio said "We’re going to continue to do food aid," Rubio answered. "We’re going to do more food aid than any other country on the planet, times 10." After Rubio said this, Jeremy Lewin from the State Department needed to sign off but didn't respond to requests to do so.
None of this has to do with Biden; Biden didn't buy food ready to expire and let it sit around, as some here have said. This is all on the trump administration, with his January directives about stopping humanitarian aid around the world. The food was already bought and he could have let it be handed out. Instead he's spending more taxpayer money to junk it, and letting starving children die while it happens.
US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
With 1,100 metric tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal for the supplies to be used, sources told Reuters.www.reuters.com
State Department reveals plan to deliver 'life-saving' meals to 1.4M starving children
Senior State Department official tells Fox News Digital new funding approval will "nourish over one million of the world's most vulnerable children."www.foxnews.com
Trump administration memo tells USAID to put "America First" in reviewing foreign aid
The Trump administration urged U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump’s “America First” policy. It threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
Starving children? There was a lot of waste in USAID. I would have focused on the cause and removed it rather than cut it completely. Any business man would do that. You would think DOGE (Musk?) would have.
Why the hell was it left in a warehouse in Dubai? Where was it made? And when? Who was supposed to get it shipped wherever it was supposed to go? Hell, Dubai could have taken it. Like I said, there was still 10% of their workforce remaining and transportation is contracted.
