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#Trump admin ends some #USAID contracts providing #lifesaving #aid across the #MiddleEast
The Trump admin has notified the #WorldFoodProgram & other partners that it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving #humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a #US ofcl & a #UN ofcl told AP on Mon.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-humanitarian-aid-1167e0f64dde9ab6cafa0d5e0b812710
The projects were being canceled “for the convenience of the US Government” at the direction of #JeremyLewin, a top lieutenant at #Trump *adviser* #ElonMusk’s #DOGE whom the Trump admin appointed to oversee & finish dismantling the #USAID, acc/to letters sent to USAID partners & viewed by the AP.
About 60 letters canceling contracts were sent over the past week, including for major projects w/the #WorldFoodProgram, the world’s largest provider of #food aid, a #USAID ofcl said. An ofcl w/the #UnitedNations in the #MiddleEast said the #WFP received termination letters for US-funded programs in #Lebanon, #Jordan & #Syria.