2 days ago.
"Reports confirm the death of General John Pagri, Commander of the Special Tasks Battalion in the U.S. Army, in the #Gaza Strip."
US troops have been assisting the #IDF Genocide in @palestine since they built that 'humanitarian pier' (as publicly known information anyway) only used by the IDF, and perhaps one small food delivery to a #USAID funded progam, until it self-destructed a week or so later. His "Special Task" was assisting #GENOCIDE. Only scumbags will mourn this creep.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is ending most, if not all, remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen in what the U.N. World Food Program said could be "a death sentence" for millions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/world/politics/trump-aid-cuts-millions-at-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #afghanistan #yemen #un #worldfoodprogram #somalia #syria #gaza #usaid #hunger #famine
Econ self-immolation -after a systematic dismantling of #USAID, VOA...
We’re seeing the effects of a radical tariff policy hastily applied/uncoord/unfair. Trading PRs retaliated. C's lost trust in our econ policies +future power of the$. Investors grew wary & then angry. World: began to lose trust & confidence in the US as an econ ldr.
I watched trust deteriorate w sev of our EU PRs. The rot in the #economy & pol arenas tainted the MIL Trust: damaged.
#USPol #Tariffs
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tariffs-weaken-american-national-power-dime
About 60 letters canceling contracts were sent over the past week, including for major projects w/the #WorldFoodProgram, the world’s largest provider of #food aid, a #USAID ofcl said. An ofcl w/the #UnitedNations in the #MiddleEast said the #WFP received termination letters for US-funded programs in #Lebanon, #Jordan & #Syria.
The projects were being canceled “for the convenience of the US Government” at the direction of #JeremyLewin, a top lieutenant at #Trump *adviser* #ElonMusk’s #DOGE whom the Trump admin appointed to oversee & finish dismantling the #USAID, acc/to letters sent to USAID partners & viewed by the AP.
#Trump admin ends some #USAID contracts providing #lifesaving #aid across the #MiddleEast
The Trump admin has notified the #WorldFoodProgram & other partners that it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving #humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a #US ofcl & a #UN ofcl told AP on Mon.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-humanitarian-aid-1167e0f64dde9ab6cafa0d5e0b812710
Hands-off, San Francisco, April 5, 2025. City Hall, Civic Center. Some signs, etc. at the rally. "When we fight we win." Do not give up. We have to put these protests front and center. Make our objections heard--to everything this administration and the Republicans are doing to destroy America.
@GottaLaff Even #Project2025 advised leaving #USAID alone — precisely because it has been a tool of soft power.
»Ähnlich happy ist die chinesische Regierung über die radikalen Kürzungen der amerikanischen Entwicklungshilfebehörde #USAID. Seit Jahren schauen chinesische Beamte neidisch auf die amerikanische Softpower aus Cheeseburger, Rock ’n' Roll und Basketball. Warum lässt sich Coolness nicht kaufen, so lautete die Frage in Peking. Nun aber haben Trumps Leute den Rückzug Hunderter USAID-Projekte befohlen, und so wächst nun in vielen Ländern des Globalen Südens der Zweifel am "American Way of Life".«
Speech on the the mission and loss of #USAID at the Bainbridge Island, WA Hands Off Protest, 5 Apr (from my friend @densaer ) - apologies for the FB link. #HandsOff
https://www.facebook.com/rbharania/videos/3108720979268973/?app=fbl
Fired USAID worker's wife was twice denied emergency transport home from Bangkok when she developed serious medical problems at 31 weeks of pregnancy. Weeks later, the couple and their newborn are still trying to return to the US.
Peter Morocco, the designated administrator of USAID has removed funds for emergency medical evacuation for USAID workers, deeming it unnecessary.
#usaid
https://www.yahoo.com/news/usaid-workers-pregnant-wife-denied-191528028.html
“So #Rubio did send 3 #USAID team members to assess the terrible earthquake in Burma, & then fired them while they were there.
Whether you think America should or shouldn't help ppl in need around the world, there’s no justification for such stupidity.”
-Rep Malinowski
“US team in quake zone told they’re fired.
The disaster assess team sent to Myanmar for the US received term notices while staying/sleeping outside -USAID WKRs were told on an all hands call today.”
-L Desjardins
#USPol #Sadism
These numbers are especially striking because the cases are at a preliminary stage, when the hurdles are high for those seeking to block an admin action.
With 6 emergency petitions challenging 4 different #Trump admin policies now before #SCOTUS, the coming days should provide a better sense of how Trump will fare there. The early indications are not good for the admin: the Court effectively rebuffed a request for emergency intervention involving #USAID, albeit by a vote of 5–4.
Could the weakening of US aid efforts, due to USAID's potential dissolution, lead to CN becoming the dominant global soft power?
USAID promoted democracy, contained disease outbreaks, saved lives... Trump: sabotaged it
. #USAID was a source of foreign asst for struggling Cs, playing a leading role in response to INTL emergencies...
In 2024, USAIDpurchased ~$2B worth of US -grown crops for its INTL food aid programs, supporting American farmers & food processors.
#USPol https://www.devex.com/news/devex-newswire-china-goes-big-on-small-and-beautiful-109782
GAAA!
Via Anna Bower:
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if #USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
"The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception.
This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/usaid-contraception-cuts.html
