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No one is ignoring all the innocent children dying around the world in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and several other parts of Africa but this thread is about Trump's halt to foreign aid and its effect.

Obviously through unprotected sex or rape. However the HIV child is innocent, and so is the HIV mother if it is rape.

Other countries provide 60% of world aid.

Children can get HIV from their mothers

49.7% of American voters chose Trump, not even a majority. And where does making US great again mean cutting foreign, especially medical aid, to poor countries?

A massive rejection of Trump New opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US | Greenland | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/85-of-greenlanders-do-not-want-to-join-us-says-new-poll

Apart from humanity, a word Donald can't pronounce, soft power is the answer. To promote stability and growth amongst nations, a love for democracy and Western nations (the US provides 40% of world aid). Of course China will delight in Donald's abrupt cessation of medical aid. Great propaganda for their narrative of long term, sustained aid to developing nations. A stupid action by Trump.

Zimbabwe achieved a milestone in HIV/AIDS diagnosis, treatment and suppression of viral load, thanks in large part to a groundbreaking HIV program created by Republican President George W. Bush, credited with saving more than 20 million lives. However, the programme — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR — has been targeted by Republican hardliners, and its abrupt cessation will cost lives unless quickly reinstated. No doubt U.S. rival China will be happy to move into areas of Africa to build its influence and business contracts in resource-rich countries. “Feeding hungry children in Liberia or malnourished children in Kenya, providing life-saving anti-retroviral drugs in Uganda — none of these things undermine American interests,” said Gyude Moore, a former Cabinet minister in Liberia who is now a fellow at the U.S.-based Center for Global Development.

Sorry to concentrate on Trump. I thought he was the current President or Vice President of the US.

Of course they are, but Trump has cut all aid without warning. A savage move.

Always 'what about...' . The topic is Trump. Two wrongs don't make a right Start another thread about Joe if you feel so inclined.

Eight days before the inauguration, Vice President-to-be JD Vance said on "Fox News Sunday" that Jan. 6 convicts who assaulted police ought not get clemency: "If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned." Trump vacillated during an internal debate over targeted clemency vs. a blanket decision according to two insiders. But as Trump's team wrestled with the issue, and planned a shock-and-awe batch of executive orders Day 1, "Trump just said: 'F -k it: Release 'em all,'" an adviser familiar with the discussions said.

Sorry, they were released from prison and their sentences were commutated.

Colorado Supreme Court's Judgment Any definition of insurrection involves ''an attempt by people to hinder or prevent the US government from taking the actions necessary to accomplish a peaceful transfer of power in this country." The participants should "act in a concerted way, [but] need not be highly organised". In applying that definition to the events of 6 January 2021, the court found: A large number of armed protestors forcibly entered the Capitol Building. Actual and threatened force was used by those protestors. The protestors' use of force was concerted and had a unity of purpose, in that they wished to inflict violence against members of Congress and Mike Pence. Upon entering the Capitol Building, the protestors attempted to and did enter the chambers of the House and Senate, for the purposes of preventing the certification of the 2020 Presidential election. The full judgment can be read on the Colorado Supreme Court's website here: https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf. 'Insurrection' under English law

Whil While Trump pardoned virtually all of the 1,270 convicted rioters, he withheld pardons for now from 14 members of far-right extremist groups that were charged in the most notorious seditious conspiracy cases. But he still granted them commutations, releasing them from federal prison, where they were serving some of the longest January 6 sentences. e Trump pardoned virtually all of the 1,270 convicted rioters, he withheld pardons for now from 14 members of far-right extremist groups that were charged in the most notorious seditious conspiracy cases. But he still granted them commutations, releasing them from federal prison, where they were serving some of the longest January 6 sentences. These convicts were members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, and were among the first people to breach the Capitol during the attack. Some were found guilty of seditious conspiracy, while others were acquitted, but all were convicted of other felonies.

Vance said violent offenders would not be pardoned for the January 6 insurrection but Trump pardoned the lot. Apparently Trump and the staff started going through the 1500 offenders list, only pardoning the peaceful protesters, but Trump soon got bored, gave up and pardoned all! Short attention span, Donald!

Truly a man of death and destruction.

Trump has halted a program to combat HIV worldwide that is credited with saving about 25 million lives. He has stopped supplies to a 40,000-person refugee camp in Syria, as well as Sudan, where at least 24.6 million people urgently need food assistance.

Trump's immediate freeze on foreign aid will leave many without life saving drugs https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-assistance-freeze-684ff394662986eb38e0c84d3e73350b

Trump has been called out for his nonsensical claims about water from the Pacific ocean being used to put out the California fires. "The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond," Trump posted on Truth Social However the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) publicly disputed the president's sensational claims in a post on X. "The military did not enter California," the agency posted on its verified account. "The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful." Officials from various state agencies, as well as academics and experts, also issued statements Monday evening that disputed claims by Trump and other Republicans who say that policies on the environment and other areas had hindered efforts to fight the fires, saying that reservoirs in the Los Angeles area had enough water in storage to battle the fires and meet other needs. “Water supply has not hindered firefighting efforts," said the Association of California Water Agencies. "Reservoirs in California are at or above average storage levels for this time of year, thanks in part to years of proactive water management.”

Donald, dumb as a doorpost. "ICYMI President Donald J. Trump's TRUTH on Columbia sanctions," the White House press release says, misspelling the nation's name. Columbia is a university in New York City. Colombia is the country Donald Trump threatened today. Thick as a brick.

Let me see if I got this right. She went willingly to his hotel room, took her clothes off and got into bed with him to ............................. get his autograph?

Sore loser, get over it

The democratic vote in the Presidential election in 2020 sure triggered panic with Trump. To this day, he still can't get over losing.