PBS: Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid while his State Department finalized plans to buy expensive art for embassies

[Menace Sockeyes]

Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassies

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

www.pbs.org

In its earliest days, the second Trump administration cut off lifesaving food and medical aid to countries worldwide. It halted efforts to stop teens from joining drug cartels in Mexico. And it shut down programs aimed at resettling Afghans who assisted U.S. troops during the fight against the Taliban.

But at least initially, the budget for expensive artwork to hang in U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide remained robust.

The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi. A “textile work” that costs $105,000 and a $94,000 “suspended sculpture that would span two levels” were on the books for Mauritius. And $550,000 was set aside for “three ceiling suspended sculptures” that would hang in the “main atrium space” of the American embassy in Riyadh.

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described to me by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

 

[HONKifUvCOACHED4BAMA]

And the fact that Trump bought the art made it quadruple in value.

SO MUCH WINNING!!!!

 

[BamaFan1137]

Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassies

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

www.pbs.org

In its earliest days, the second Trump administration cut off lifesaving food and medical aid to countries worldwide. It halted efforts to stop teens from joining drug cartels in Mexico. And it shut down programs aimed at resettling Afghans who assisted U.S. troops during the fight against the Taliban.

But at least initially, the budget for expensive artwork to hang in U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide remained robust.

The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi. A “textile work” that costs $105,000 and a $94,000 “suspended sculpture that would span two levels” were on the books for Mauritius. And $550,000 was set aside for “three ceiling suspended sculptures” that would hang in the “main atrium space” of the American embassy in Riyadh.

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described to me by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

 

[Pops Masterson]

 

[billywayneluck]

Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassies

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

www.pbs.org

In its earliest days, the second Trump administration cut off lifesaving food and medical aid to countries worldwide. It halted efforts to stop teens from joining drug cartels in Mexico. And it shut down programs aimed at resettling Afghans who assisted U.S. troops during the fight against the Taliban.

But at least initially, the budget for expensive artwork to hang in U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide remained robust.

The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi. A “textile work” that costs $105,000 and a $94,000 “suspended sculpture that would span two levels” were on the books for Mauritius. And $550,000 was set aside for “three ceiling suspended sculptures” that would hang in the “main atrium space” of the American embassy in Riyadh.

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described to me by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

Posts like this are all I need to know you’ve never run a business in your life.

When the US is going over budget nearly $2 trillion annually (2024 data) it’s time to stop bankrolling the rest of the world. And this is a lesson that might help you. Getting out of debt requires you to actually have a surplus for a time while you pay it off. That means things you could normally afford to do aren’t on the table anymore. It’s time for other nations to take on some of the responsibility themselves instead of leeching off the US taxpayer - who is borrowing money at our own expense to support them.

We are no different than my sister who was addicted to credit card spending. One day it was unsustainable and she had to live frugally for a few years to get back in shape again. It sucked but it was necessary.

No business around would consider adding this kind of debt to be a sustainable practice.

 

[BamaFan1137]

OP gets pissed at the American administration when it attempts to dictate terms to a foreign nation that we have given hundreds of billions to over the last 3 years.

Let that sink in.

 

[dhetiger]

Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassies

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

www.pbs.org

In its earliest days, the second Trump administration cut off lifesaving food and medical aid to countries worldwide. It halted efforts to stop teens from joining drug cartels in Mexico. And it shut down programs aimed at resettling Afghans who assisted U.S. troops during the fight against the Taliban.

But at least initially, the budget for expensive artwork to hang in U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide remained robust.

The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi. A “textile work” that costs $105,000 and a $94,000 “suspended sculpture that would span two levels” were on the books for Mauritius. And $550,000 was set aside for “three ceiling suspended sculptures” that would hang in the “main atrium space” of the American embassy in Riyadh.

The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described to me by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

Please let PBS know that this administration is also currently addressing the needs of Western North Carolina by kicking off USACE projects for waterway debris removal. Also tell them, and particularly Ms. Barron-Lopez, that maybe....just fvcking maybe....the Mexican government should do more to stop teens from joining cartels.

 

[BamaFan1137]

Please let PBS know that this administration is also currently addressing the needs of Western North Carolina by kicking off USACE projects for waterway debris removal. Also tell them, and particularly Ms. Barron-Lopez, that maybe....just fvcking maybe....the Mexican government should do more to stop teens from joining cartels.

I'm sure the program to stop teens from joining the cartels involved gender reassignment surgeries and green hair dye.

 

[dhetiger]

I'm sure the program to stop teens from joining the cartels involved gender reassignment surgeries and green hair dye.

So, they became "prostitutes" instead of hitmen.