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Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid
https://apnews.com ^ | February 3, 2025 | BY GERALD IMRAY, MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, FARAI MUTSAKA AND MARK BANCHEREAU

Posted on 02/08/2025 7:32:16 PM PST by Beowulf9

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku’s inbox in rural Zimbabwe. Stop all activities immediately, it said.

The message confirmed Madhuku’s fears that Trump’s return to office might affect his organization’s efforts to save African girls from child marriages.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; aids; ap; associatedpropaganda; faraimutsaka; gaslighting; geraldimray; hysterics; markbanchereau; media; mogomotsimagome; pepfar; southafricanmarxists; trump; usaid
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Of course the homosexual lobbyists will be all over this.
1 posted on 02/08/2025 7:32:16 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

‘Frica needs to get off its collective butt and get it on.

Otherwise just submit that it is a retarded, lazy place.


2 posted on 02/08/2025 7:34:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Beowulf9

he’s helping out africans - afrikaners


3 posted on 02/08/2025 7:35:55 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Beowulf9

Aid hurts Africans more than it helps.


4 posted on 02/08/2025 7:36:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Paladin2

a “place” can not be retarded and lazy but people that inhabit a place can hold those characteristics.


5 posted on 02/08/2025 7:37:18 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: imabadboy99

That “place” is plenty full of peeps.

They are free to take action.


6 posted on 02/08/2025 7:39:33 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Beowulf9

When I think of Africa I think of unspeakable murder.

Not my monkey. Not my circus.

Let Dubai send aid.


7 posted on 02/08/2025 7:41:29 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Beowulf9

Our “AID” money never actually get to those in need; all or the vast majority of it lands in higherups’ pockets/Swiss bank accounts!


8 posted on 02/08/2025 7:41:35 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Beowulf9

Trump’s so mean!


9 posted on 02/08/2025 7:41:56 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Beowulf9

Phone the Clintons. They have the funds.


10 posted on 02/08/2025 7:44:18 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Beowulf9

Empire of Dust. No more money to it!


11 posted on 02/08/2025 7:44:33 PM PST by cdcdawg (The Left should cry harder.)
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To: Beowulf9

At some point Africa has to learn how to take care of itself. The White man’s burden should cease. America First!


12 posted on 02/08/2025 7:45:18 PM PST by coldcash
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To: Beowulf9

Women and children hurt most.


13 posted on 02/08/2025 7:46:18 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Beowulf9

This debate over the value of foreign aid is a moot point. The United States is heavily in debt. And every year it gets worse.

It makes zero sense for us to borrow money, then send it overseas.

Suppose a family deeply in debt borrowed even more money, and sent it to a charity. That family would be criticized by every financial planner on the planet.

Well, we are that family.


14 posted on 02/08/2025 7:47:31 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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Well, we are that family.

Actually, the spendthrifts in DC are that family.

15 posted on 02/08/2025 7:50:25 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: nopardons

> Our “AID” money never actually get to those in need… <

I’ve told this story here before. You might appreciate it.

I once read an article about a group of tourists who visited a town in central Africa. The town had no electricity, but was near a large waterfall. An engineer in the group realized that a turbine placed under the waterfall would generate enough electricity for the entire town.

So the group raised money for a turbine. It never made it to the town. From the moment the turbine landed on the coast, local officials were demanding “transit fees” (bribes) to let the turbine pass.

The group payed the first fee. And then they paid another fee a little further down the road. And then another. Eventually the group ran out of money. The turbine was abandoned on the side of a road.


16 posted on 02/08/2025 7:50:49 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right
When I was in Vietnam, the villagers would take a hatchet to our fresh water line to get the water.

We installed a faucet so that they could take whatever water they wanted.

They stole the faucet.

17 posted on 02/08/2025 7:55:35 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Beowulf9

>>The message confirmed Madhuku’s fears that Trump’s return to office might affect his organization’s efforts to save African girls from child marriages.

Maybe he should appeal to the ultra-wealthy Hollywood elite. I’m sure they’d be more than happy to step in and make up the shortfall. I’m sure he can count on Oprah, at the very least. The only problem is the left apparently doesn’t care about child marriages. They’ve done all they could for decades to pretend it’s not a problem among Muslims.


18 posted on 02/08/2025 7:58:12 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: Beowulf9

Not our problem.


19 posted on 02/08/2025 8:00:51 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Beowulf9

AP, playing their violins...


20 posted on 02/08/2025 8:00:55 PM PST by simpson96
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