The Trump administration plans to incinerate 550 tons of emergency food relief intended for children in impoverished and war-torn regions, including high-energy biscuits meant for kids under five. Currently stored in Dubai, this food could feed 1.5 million children for a week and is particularly needed in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Gaza. Due to the dismantling of USAID, there is no viable means to transfer a total of 60,000 tons of U.S.-owned food stored globally to the intended nations.
One Democratic U.S. senator condemned the plan to destroy the food as "disgusting." The Trump administration is planning to destroy 550 tons of emergency food relief intended for children in impoverished and war-torn regions.
The food set for destruction could feed 1.5 million children for a full week. It could easily feed the entire population of children currently starving in Gaza, for example.
The food comes in the form of high-energy biscuits that are packed with nutritious substances helpful to kids 5 years of age and under.
According to sources, the biscuits are a stopgap measure, often used in scenarios where people have lost their homes in a natural disaster or fled a war.
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