Washington Post -- USAID Cuts May Cause 14 Million More Deaths In Next Five Years, Study Says

[Mac1958]

What has always been GREAT about America is that we care about the suffering of others.

USAID, Peace Corps, Doctors Without Borders

Puts the American flag out there to people receiving food, shelter, medical care, clean water

Republicans giggle when they take it away

Yep. And even if we want to look at it selfishly, the aid we have provided to millions of people around the world has provided us with "soft power", relationshiops from which we benefit and access to global opportunities.

But no, the caveman approach doesn't allow for nuance like that, because it doesn't make sense to them. It's too ******* complicated.

 

[rightwinger]

Yep. And even if we want to look at it selfishly, the aid we have provided to millions of people around the world has provided us with "soft power", relationshiops from which we benefit and access to global opportunities.

But no, the caveman approach doesn't allow for nuance like that, because it doesn't make sense to them. It's too ******* complicated.

It is the Carrot and the Stick strategy of foreign policy.
USAID is the Carrot
Our military is the Stick

All Republicans understand is force and intimidation

 

[ColonelAngus]

USAID was used to steal money.

The legitimate aid can be replaced from other sources.

USAID is a money laundering operation for lefties to steal money.

Why do you commies defend theft of the treasury? Just because you have TDS?

 

[rightwinger]

USAID was used to steal money.

The legitimate aid can be replaced from other sources.

USAID is a money laundering operation for lefties to steal money.

Why do you commies defend theft of the treasury? Just because you have TDS?

As they continue to repeat the lie to justify removing humanitarian aid to starving millions

They have learned well

 

[Picaro]

As they continue to repeat the lie to justify removing humanitarian aid to starving millions

They have learned well

You and Dekster let a guy die, just because you wouldn't help him get a respirator. Why don't you want to help people in need? Even that 'evil con man' Joel Osteen helps people without crying for govt aid like you fakes do.

AI Overview



Joel Osteen Ministries and Lakewood Church are involved in various overseas aid missions and humanitarian efforts
. Here's a summary of their activities:

• Partnerships:
  • World Vision:
    Through a partnership with World Vision, Lakewood Church sponsors approximately 5,000 children each year in countries like Zambia, El Salvador, Indonesia, and India. Joel and Victoria Osteen personally sponsor two children through this organization and describe it as "rewarding and fulfilling".
  • Attack Poverty: Lakewood Church partners with Attack Poverty to provide resources like personal protective equipment to orphanages in India, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Other Relief Organizations: Lakewood Church collaborates with various relief organizations, such as Convoy of Hope, to provide aid during natural disasters.
• Specific Aid Initiatives:
  • Child Sponsorship: Through World Vision, they enable individuals to sponsor children and support community development, providing necessities like clean water, healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.
  • Medical Missions: Joel Osteen's brother, Paul Osteen, a trained medical professional, is involved in missions work in Africa and Latin America, serving at mission hospitals, schools, and orphanages.
  • Support for Orphanages: They provide essential resources to orphanages in India.
  • Disaster Relief: Lakewood Church has provided assistance during natural disasters, such as Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, distributing food, essential supplies, and offering aid to the community.
  • Support for Ukraine: Lakewood Church partnered with City Serve International Relief to provide generators to churches in Ukraine, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
  • Champion of Hope Program: Through this program, individuals can partner with Joel Osteen Ministries to share messages of hope through various initiatives, including medical missions and feeding programs.
• Mobilizing Medical Missions Conference (M3 Conference): Lakewood Church hosts an annual conference that connects healthcare professionals and students with missionary organizations to address global health needs.
• Global Missions: Lakewood Church has a dedicated "Global Missions" ministry that focuses on sending evangelistic, humanitarian, and medical teams overseas to assist people in need.

These efforts demonstrate Joel Osteen Ministries' and Lakewood Church's commitment to providing aid and support to communities in need, both domestically and internationally.

But you and Dekster just let them die while you snivel about Trump. All those evul xians you deviants hate are helping, but not you and Dekster.

 

[ColonelAngus]

USAID was shut down, as it should have been.

Used to steal money.

Millions for circumcisions in Uganda?



GTFO.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

And the “facts” you posted from a WP article is without question accurate?

Oh, I got it right, you’re a sucker!

They depend on suckers just like you Dr. Dumb Dumb…

You’re too easy to refute, lightweight is your only weight class…my 8 year old granddaughter would run circles around you before 7: AM….

You don't refute anything.

You make up your own MAGA reality when you don't like the facts...like all Nazis do.

Either refute the WaPo article or just shut the **** up.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

No one is dying.

They most certainly are.

You're doing that MAGA Nazi thing -- making up your own reality again.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

Actually, USAID is heavily monitored by Congressional oversight and multiple independent audits.
It has been found to be one of the most effective humanitarian agencies in the world.



But Conservatives have to make up lies to excuse their callous indifference to suffering

Congress doesn't investigate crap. It's like the mafia investigating their own killings. Show me the evidence of how much money or food or medicine actually went to the people instead of what you are told to believe and repeat for those in power.

NO receipts were required. Salaries were grossly excessive.

 

[rightwinger]

Congress doesn't investigate crap. It's like the mafia investigating their own killings. Show me the evidence of how much money or food or medicine actually went to the people instead of what you are told to believe and repeat for those in power.

NO receipts were required. Salaries were grossly excessive.

I’m not playing your game Skippy

USAID is audited by independent agencies every year. As a relief agency, they are among the most respected in the world.

The proof is there. Food is delivered, medical clinics and supplies are provided, Clean water stations are established……It happens

If I provide proof you are going to deny it and say……But, But, DEI!

 

[Godboy]

They most certainly are.

You're doing that MAGA Nazi thing -- making up your own reality again.

Yeah? Show me your proof then.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

I’m not playing your game Skippy

USAID is audited by independent agencies every year. As a relief agency, they are among the most respected in the world.

The proof is there. Food is delivered, medical clinics and supplies are provided, Clean water stations are established……It happens

If I provide proof you are going to deny it and say……But, But, DEI!

Sure some food was delivered. That is so they can say food was delivered. Not a billion dollars worth, though. The USAID group were just white collar criminals, is all.

 

[rightwinger]

Millions for circumcisions in Uganda?

Just shows the ignorance and misinformation from MAGA any time a serious discussion is needed.

Africa is being ravaged by AIDS, millions die
They don’t have access to the expensive medical cocktails that AIDS victims in the US use.

We need to provide more basic protections. Circumcisions help prevent the spread of AIDS
We distribute millions of free condoms
We conduct lectures and educational material to prevent AIDS

It is saving millions of lives

 

[kyzr]

If Trump wanted to put USAID under the State Dept then he should have gradually moved personnel to ensure there would be no interruption in critical humanitarian services. Rubio has not hired additional personnel to replace those who were fired
Trump LIES. He falls back on waste, fraud and abuse to excuse all his cuts without actually identifying anything significant
So Trump finds $70,000 was spent on DEI and uses it as an excuse to cut billions of dollars in humanitarian aid.

Trump does identify significant USAID "waste, fraud, and theft":

 

[ColonelAngus]

14 million more deaths than the COVID JAB?

How many have died from the jab?

How come embalmers never saw blood clots like these before 2021?

Are you lefties TRULY concerned about increased deaths?

Seems to me you are just trying to use fear mongering to blast the bill?

How come you didn’t freak out over the INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND IT ADDING TO THE DEBT?

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

USAID was shut down, as it should have been.

Used to steal money.

Millions for circumcisions in Uganda?



GTFO.

MAGA troll making up his own reality again.....like all Nazis.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Actually, USAID is heavily monitored by Congressional oversight and multiple independent audits.
It has been found to be one of the most effective humanitarian agencies in the world.



But Conservatives have to make up lies to excuse their callous indifference to suffering

If that's the case how did all those idiotic programs get in?

 

[AZrailwhale]

What has always been GREAT about America is that we care about the suffering of others.

USAID, Peace Corps, Doctors Without Borders

Puts the American flag out there to people receiving food, shelter, medical care, clean water

Republicans giggle when they take it away

Doctors without Borders is a FRENCH organization; from its website:
"Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was founded in 1971 in France by a group of doctors and journalists in the wake of war and famine in Biafra, Nigeria. Their aim was to establish an independent organization that focused on delivering emergency medical humanitarian aid quickly, effectively, and impartially."

 

[imawhosure]

Trump just doesn't want Americans to suffer.....he wants the whole world to suffer.

Making brown people suffer....the cruelty is the whole point of MAGA. It always has been.

From the Washington Post. --

Funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by the Trump administration could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally over the next five years, according to a new study, as the toll of the government’s dismantling of one of the largest aid agencies worldwide unfolds.

The study, published Monday in the Lancet, estimates that 91 million deaths in low- to middle-income countries were prevented between 2001 and 2021, owing to USAID, whose programs have played a vital role administering humanitarian and developmental assistance to vulnerable populations around the world.

Through projection models assessing two scenarios — one in which 2023 funding levels continue and another that reflects the cancellation of 83 percent of USAID’s programs announced by the Trump administration — researchers estimated that more than 14 million preventable deaths could occur by 2030, including 4.5 million deaths among children under 5, if cuts continue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/01/usaid-cuts-aid-14-million-deaths/

Non paywall link:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths

What was that? Was it might, or was it may?

And if the dog didn't stop to poop, he may have caught the rabbit too!

The PHOS is as phony as he/she is funny, lol.

Hey PHOS, do YOU actually know why your links say MIGHT, MAY, or COULD? Because if they said WILL, they would get litigated out of existence, lol.

So tell us all DOC PHOS, how is that TACO sh** working out for you, phony-e-baloney, hehehehehehehehe!

 

[playtime]

What makes MAGA so despicable
The callousness over pain and suffering.

republican jesus approves.