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riversedge

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:25 PM Tuesday

Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Meant for Children [View all]

Source: daily beast

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OUTRAGEOUS
Tom Sanders Published 07.15.25 11:48AM EDT


The Trump administration has ordered 500 metric tons of emergency food aid—enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week—to be incinerated tomorrow rather than be distributed as part of its ongoing purge of USAID. The high-energy biscuits, intended for children under five living in war and disaster zones, are currently being stored in a warehouse in Dubai and were meant to be shipped out this year, but will instead go to waste due to cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectively halting nearly all forms of foreign aid. Current and former aid workers, speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation, told The Atlantic that the sheer scale of waste is unprecedented. Despite repeated assurances from the administration not to eliminate food aid, U.S. warehouses around the world currently house 60,000 tons of food, including peas and cereal originally bound for famine-stricken Sudan, which the administration is now unable to deliver even if it wanted to after gutting USAID and firing logistical experts. According to The Atlantic, the amount of food set to be incinerated tomorrow would be enough to feed every single child currently starving in Gaza.
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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-to-incinerate-500-tons-of-emergency-food-for-children/



I called my congressman about this but Rep. Derrick Van Ordan is a Trump boot licker!!
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Only goes to prove none of those MAGATs believe in God, Christianity, or anything else... hlthe2b Tuesday #1
It's even so much more than painful to feel so helpless... slightlv Tuesday #38
Trump seems to be trying desperately to be the Antichrist RazorbackExpat Wednesday #49
terrible jaymac Wednesday #51
Indefensible and despicable 3catwoman3 Tuesday #2
Couldn't have said it better myself. ShazzieB Tuesday #12
Stroke is the answer... LakeVermilion Tuesday #33
Sorry, Bayard Tuesday #3
This is just crazy. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #4
That's just evil. Vinca Tuesday #5
That oughtta show 'em Nasruddin Tuesday #6
No words... pazzyanne Tuesday #17
Cruelty is the point IronLionZion Tuesday #7
Exactly. ShazzieB Tuesday #14
This is murder, not cruelty. colorado_ufo Tuesday #20
"under previous circumstances, career staff could have handed off the biscuits to the United Nations agency" IronLionZion Tuesday #22
So f'ing cruel underpants Tuesday #27
The US could use that food, too. There are hungry childen and families here, wnylib Tuesday #35
They could tell him it's going to white kids in red states IronLionZion Tuesday #39
couldn't the planes that drop off prisoners in Qatar bring the food back to Gaza? Captain Zero Wednesday #46
Republicans are super efficient at removing fraud, waste, and abuse IronLionZion Wednesday #48
Kick for visibility. yardwork Tuesday #8
This is infuriating😤😤😤 Devilsun Tuesday #9
What an IMMORAL POS. ... aggiesal Tuesday #10
Thanks Martin Eden Tuesday #23
Willful Waste Makes Woeful Want!!!!! BurnDoubt Tuesday #11
Ah, the Party of Jesus SorellaLaBefana Tuesday #13
Absolutely Not Rebl2 Wednesday #52
Disgraceful. Truly evil. BoRaGard Tuesday #15
I can imagine Jesus weeping over this. Prof. Toru Tanaka Tuesday #18
So can't they be used here for kids whose lunches were cut, or emergency rations????? txwhitedove Tuesday #16
The rations in question are actually now stored in the middle east, Jack Valentino Tuesday #41
In the middle east? But can't be sent to Gaza.... txwhitedove Tuesday #42
ought to be Jack Valentino Wednesday #44
that would require Netanyahoo to be compassionate too Captain Zero Wednesday #47
Talk about intentional fraud and waste! ancianita Tuesday #19
Hey Gates or Bezos or Musk coffeenap Tuesday #21
It's God's Will Martin Eden Tuesday #24
That's going to make quite a FIRE. Throw Trump and all his bootlickers into it. Martin Eden Tuesday #25
Pure hatred orangecrush Tuesday #26
Every person who voted for him should be ashamed of themselves louis-t Tuesday #28
Next week, they'll just incinerate the children so they can frolic with Jaysuss. A new improved way to roll coal. NBachers Tuesday #29
This is sickening...evil and depraved JT45242 Tuesday #30
Absolutely criminal Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #31
This is just horrifyingly disgraceful Javaman Tuesday #32
Deranged and depraved Mysterian Tuesday #34
Can't say... 2naSalit Tuesday #36
Fuck that fat fucking fuck and his fucking goons Blue Owl Tuesday #37
I'm running out of words to describe the level of pure hatred I have for them Ruby the Liberal Tuesday #40
Hideous! This cruel, evil "man"... electric_blue68 Wednesday #43
GOP's garbage values are a sacrilege themselves BoRaGard Wednesday #45
That's really helpful for starving children, so much for "pro-life" Scott Alan Swaggerty Wednesday #50
This was tuesday's story...Any update? mpcamb Thursday #53
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