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That awkward $50 million cut by Trump

How aid money has been funding the weapons of war

29 January 2025

1:38 PM

29 January 2025

1:38 PM

Donald Trump has been busy saving America money by cutting funding to a range of international programs that offer no benefit to the taxpayer.

Good for him.

If only we had a political class interested in value rather than virtue.

One of these decisions has created a headline I bet no one expected to read this morning: Funding Freeze Targets Condoms in Gaza.

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