George W. Bush Rebukes Trump Cuts to USAID by Citing Lives the Agency Saved

“You’ve showed the great strength of America through your work – and that is your good heart,” Bush told USAID staffers. “Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you,” the former president said, praising the agency's past work in an emotional farewell via videoconference to staffers of the shuttered aid service, joined by U2 singer Bono and former president Barack Obama.

More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable, a third of them young children, could die because of the Trump administration’s move, a study in the Lancet journal projected Tuesday.

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Bumbles · 51-55, M

How can you MAGA without other people suffering?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@Bumbles

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Bumbles · 51-55, M

@sunsporter1649 FYI, too liberal for me.

Dshhh · M

he is right
we need the OLD scholl conservatives

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Only shows that Trump is not a Republican, yet rather a dictator.

USAID was one of the executive order cuts. Not even apart of the congressional budget or even DOGE cuts.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Yup, fix a deficit by creating bigger deficits! Brilliant idea! Got any more brilliant ideas?

jackjjackson · M

Pretty sure NONE OF US would purchase bonds issued by the state of Ca 🤣 @ElwoodBlues @sunsporter1649

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 says

Yup, fix a deficit by creating bigger deficits! Brilliant idea! Got any more brilliant ideas?

DUUUDE!!!
That's called "Supply Side Economics" and it's what Republicans have been unsuccessfully trying for the last 45 years - ever since Reagan🤣😂😝🤣😂

@jackjjackson says

Pretty sure NONE OF US would purchase bonds issued by the state of Ca

So what??

As of February 2024, California has approximately $79 billion in outstanding bond debt, primarily General Obligation (GO) bonds

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