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In reply to the discussion: Trump is a monster who is burning America to the ground* and needs to be stopped. [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(105,821 posts)47. Add: He has stopped the vast majority of overseas aid, putting millions of lives at risk
One year on, the human cost of the USAID cuts has already been staggering. ImpactCounter estimates there have been over 750,000 deaths worldwide as a direct result of the cuts since Trumps order, including 500,000 children. This amounts to 88 lives lost every hour: each representing a child who did not receive an essential vaccine, a family living in a conflict zone who lost access to food assistance, or a woman unable to access reproductive healthcare.
With millions more people now left without access to essential services like healthcare, education and nutrition, and the closure of programmes that fight the spread of disease, end conflicts and tackle climate change, the longer-term consequences of these cuts are incalculable. Indeed, 31 of MSI Reproductive Choices country programmes have reported that USAID cuts having significant impact on their national health system and on access to reproductive healthcare.
https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/01/one-year-on-from-trumps-usaid-freeze-the-sector-faces-a-changed-global-aid-landscape/
With millions more people now left without access to essential services like healthcare, education and nutrition, and the closure of programmes that fight the spread of disease, end conflicts and tackle climate change, the longer-term consequences of these cuts are incalculable. Indeed, 31 of MSI Reproductive Choices country programmes have reported that USAID cuts having significant impact on their national health system and on access to reproductive healthcare.
https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/01/one-year-on-from-trumps-usaid-freeze-the-sector-faces-a-changed-global-aid-landscape/
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Trump is a monster who is burning America to the ground* and needs to be stopped. [View all]
Botany
Yesterday
OP
Not only are American Christo Fascists part of his support but Racism is a driving force too.
Botany
Yesterday
#3
They are scared of his highly armed and crazy followers who threaten them and their families.
redstatebluegirl
Yesterday
#16
Many years ago as a little boy in N.W. Pennsylvania (Meadville) our next door neighbor in a middle class..
Botany
Yesterday
#11
Died and or switched parties. Republicans used to value education, science, birth control, and kindness.
Botany
Yesterday
#24
And I betya where you grew up in Ashtabula County if you did something wrong as a kid your parents or
Botany
10 hrs ago
#48
Either Hillary or Kamala called him out to his face for having escorts working his Casinos in Atlantic City
Botany
5 hrs ago
#54
He is also responsible for the murders of some 80 - 100 fishermen in the Caribbean
MLWR
Yesterday
#14
I said this yesterday - Trump was illegally installed by hostile forces to take America's standing in the world down.
Initech
Yesterday
#20
Trump was illegally installed by hostile forces to take America's standing in the world down.
Botany
Yesterday
#26
From my perspective it is the oldigarchs and tech bros who are burning America to the ground because they
in2herbs
Yesterday
#29
Add: He has stopped the vast majority of overseas aid, putting millions of lives at risk
muriel_volestrangler
10 hrs ago
#47