I say “wiser” because all this is not just about compassion but also about self-interest. Aid money serves national security and protects us from diseases. I’ve noted that the current Ebola outbreak in Africa may have gotten out of control precisely because we cut aid spending in the region.
- Why don't you go tell them to put their own self-interests first?
- Why are they so desperate to sustain failed enterprise, failed ideas, and this white elephanting of American friendliness?
- It seems that a lot of the USAID funds get funnelled into China's BRI projects or otherwise end up missing with no account
- You are a newspaper, who can attack Trump, but not third world thugs, thieves and killers
- The USA has NO obligation to rescue them
Yes, other countries should do more, impoverished countries should be less corrupt, and our own aid can be allocated more wisely. But note that some countries in Europe are significantly more generous than America, spending up to 10 times as much on aid as a share of national income as we do.
- They're having immigration problems now as a thank you
- This is bs, politically correct reporting, which some loser in a debate class, could come up with, with a lazy ChatGPT prompt, to try to make Trump or Elon or anyone responsible look weak or bad
- This is all bs, this is a political statement, not real reporting, and it's also just convolution of truth, in what appears to be an Anti-SLAPP job, to prepare for Kristoff's legal case with Trump Elon