Trump Admin to Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant for Starving Kids

The Trump administration plans to incinerate nearly 500 metric tons (about 1.1 million lbs) of emergency food aid

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These high‑energy biscuits were intended to feed up to 1.5 million malnourished children in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Since USAID closed on July 1, control shifted to State Department, and the food has been sitting unused in a Dubai warehouse

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Earlier, around 622 tons were successfully sent to Syria, Bangladesh, and Myanmar

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Sources say concerns that aid might be “co-opted by terrorists,” combined with bureaucratic delay, blocked distribution

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Democratic lawmakers blasted the move as “government abuse” and a failure to save lives already funded by U.S. taxpayers

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Aid workers say this is an unprecedented waste— the food could have saved many children from severe hunger

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