With the cutting of the aid, Trump cuts an anchor of salvation for millions
The funds of the richest nation in the world once flowed from the largest global aid agency to a complex network of small, medium and large organizations that provided aid: drugs for HIV for over 20 million people; Nutritional supplements for hungry children; Support for refugees, orphaned children and women affected by violence.Now, that network is revealing. The Trump administration has frozen foreign aid for 90 days and planned to sell off the US agency for international development just 5 percent of its workforce, although a federal judge paused the plan on Friday. Given the wars and the financial economies, it is unlikely that other governments or philanthropies are compensated for deficiency and the nations intended are too hindered by the debt to manage on their own.The largest orga...