Under President Joe Biden, the US government purchased nearly 500 tons of emergency food. It was intended for starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but was never distributed. Now there's an absurd solution for the food. In early July, the Trump administration announced the end of foreign aid from the development agency USAID.
But that's not all: now the emergency food that USAID wanted to distribute to starving children will be destroyed, according to the American magazine "The Atlantic." The food is currently being stored in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, and will reach its best-before date this week.
It's enough food to feed about 1.5 million children for a week, according to current and former government officials. These cookies are typically distributed in crisis situations when people don't have the opportunity to cook. The organization was not authorized to distribute cookies. USAID did not distribute the cookies because the organization was not authorized to do so. Since January, USAID employees had repeatedly demanded that the.
Trump administration be allowed to give away the cookies, The Atlantic reported. This would have required approval from the new head of US foreign aid. But this never came. The United States had paid the equivalent of about €680,000 for the cookies toward the end of former President Joe Biden's term. According to the Atlantic report, US taxpayers must now pay the equivalent of about €110,000 for the food destruction.
Since taking office, the Trump administration has been working to downsize and save the government. This also included mass layoffs and efforts to abolish entire ministries. USAID was integrated into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the government's restructuring efforts.
