America First (Degree)

“Stockpiles of food and medicine are running out here. Village health workers who used to provide inexpensive preventive care have been laid off. Public health initiatives like deworming and vitamin A distribution have collapsed. Immunizations are being missed. Contraception is harder to get. Ordinary people are growing weaker, hungrier and more fragile. So as months pass, the crisis is not easing but growing increasingly lethal — and because children are particularly vulnerable, they are often the first to starve and the first to die. It’s difficult to know how many children are dying worldwide as a result of the Trump aid cuts, but credible estimates by experts suggest that the child death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands this year alone — and likely an even higher number next year.” Nick Kristoff in the NYT (Gift Article): Trump’s Most Lethal Policy.

+ This is all about a very clear policy of ending foreign aid, right? Not exactly. Bessent Says U.S. Talking With Argentina About $20 Billion in Aid. “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is in talks to provide Argentina with a $20 billion swap line to help contain financial upheaval and support President Javier Milei’s free-market overhaul.”