The Trump Administration Is Spending $130,000 To Burn $800,000 Worth of Food Meant for Hungry Children
One of President Donald Trump’s hallmark promises during his 2024 campaign was that he would target waste. It’s a good goal—the federal government is not exactly famous for being savvy with resources, and few politicians appear seriously interested in addressing that problem.
A recent report calls into question how serious the Trump administration is about applying this ethos, and is a reminder that a commitment to fiscal responsibility also requires a commitment to efficiency.
That’s because the government, it turns out, is going to incinerate about 500 metric tons of emergency food that is often used for victims of disasters abroad and was purchased for hungry children.
One of Trump’s first initiatives in January was to dismantle much of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which has a history of funding ideologically driven projects that have absolutely no business being paid for by taxpayers. There were good reasons to slash funding for the agency. The food here, however, had already been purchased. There would be no returning it.
In that vein, when the
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