Trump Admin To Burn 500 Tons Of Emergency Food Meant For Hungry Kids

Hana Kiros had the scoop about Trump’s latest taxpayer-funded fiasco for The Atlantic on July 14th.

Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week—are set to expire tomorrow, according to current and former government employees with direct knowledge of the rations. Within weeks, two of those sources told me, the food, meant for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, will be ash. (The sources I spoke with for this story requested anonymity for fear of professional repercussions.)

The article explains that the approximately $800,000 worth of food was purchased by USAID during the Biden administration. The food consists of high-energy and high-nutrition biscuits which are given to children in emergency situations, such as after a natural disaster or fleeing a war.

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