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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives.

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ProPublica's Brett Murphy just appeared on @msnbc.com to to discuss his reporting with @annamaria.bsky.social on the fallout of the Trump administration's abandonment of its humanitarian commitments around the world. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum ...

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-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) May 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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"The assessments are not just predictions about the future but detailed accounts of what has already occurred, making them among the first such reports from inside the Trump administration to surface publicly " though experts suspect they will not be the last.

The diplomats warned in their correspondence that stopping aid may undermine efforts to combat terrorism."

The world owes SO much to Trumpers!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 02:56 PM | Reply

The most under-qualified person to ever lead America's diplomatic corps: youtu.be

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-29 03:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-29 04:38 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Who knew taking food from starving children and medicine from poor sick people would lead to more dead and violence?

Magat scum are truly vile human beings.

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-05-29 05:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

And as an aside

what do you think the return on investment was on a few billion dollars spent in the poorest nations of Africa?

Consider things like access to natural resources and dealing with the inevitable extremism that will result from removing said aid.

But hey this is an administration that is sending Afghans who helped for 2 decades back to be killed by the Taliban.

#5 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-05-29 05:40 PM | Reply

Republicans are the epitome of selfishness and stupidity.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-29 05:49 PM | Reply

#7

And they always find the cruelest ways to do things; if for some reason there needed to be cuts, which their wasn't considering the returns we get in trade ties and good will.... they could have been done professionally and considerately over a year, say, and without BREAKING EXISTING Contracts like they were venues stiffed by Trump Campaigns.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 05:54 PM | Reply

Chaos and division work to the benefit of Putin and China's CCP general secretary Xi and to Trump and his team of grifters, of course.

#8 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-05-30 07:02 AM | Reply

If not intentional, 150 percent ignorant.

#9 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-05-30 07:21 AM | Reply

The NGOs want their money back so we will have to listen to "pOoR sTaRvInGG bAbIeS!!!!!"

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-30 08:07 AM | Reply

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The fascist attitude towards dead and dying people is a requirement of their philosophy and their programme.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-30 08:14 AM | Reply

"pOoR sTaRvInGG bAbIeS!!!!!"

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds

As I recall, you are "pro-life".

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-30 08:15 AM | Reply

Christians must suffer to be closer to Christ. We are doing God's work here, people. If you cannot understand that, we're sending you to El Salvador!
--JV and those behind him in the administration and GOP

#13 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-30 08:31 AM | Reply

The cruelty is the point.

Republican Family Values on display.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-30 09:51 AM | Reply

200,000 children to date have been killed by Trump's actions.

Good thing they were saved from abortion.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-30 12:25 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Maybe more countries should step up, as our country should never be the 'end-all' for the world's problems - especially with the outrageous national debt we are carrying..

#16 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-05-31 01:24 PM | Reply

"humanitarian commitments"
Forced charity?

Here's my idea: Keep USAID, but fund it voluntarily- We get a new line on the tax form:
"Check Here if you want to help fund USAID. Checking this box will increase your taxes"
That way you can virtue signal at your own expense, not mine. Everybody satisfied!

#17 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-31 05:30 PM | Reply

What a dumb idea.

Imagine going online to post that nonsense.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-31 06:01 PM | Reply

@#17 ... Keep USAID, but fund it voluntarily- ...

Congress did that when they passed funding laws for USAID, because Congress saw the benefit of such US soft power in the world.

But then, the world's richest person comes along and denies healthcare for the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.

Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300,000 deaths -- most of them children
www.thetimes.com

... As Elon Musk, the head of Doge, arrived at the White House on Friday afternoon to be congratulated by President Trump for his work slashing the federal budget, the number of deaths on Nichols's tracker hit 300,000, more than 200,000 of them children.

The "optics" of the world's richest man taking from its poorest and getting thanked for it were "horrifying', said Nichols, associate professor of global health at the university's school of public health. ...


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 06:26 PM | Reply

World's most fragile location: Lib sensibilities.

#20 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-05-31 09:17 PM | Reply

#20

World's Worst Child Haters.... because they aren't little white kids; ok, well, Vlad does prefer dining on young Ukrainian white meat.

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-31 09:27 PM | Reply

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