"The US is deeply concerned by reports that Federal Government of Somalia officials have destroyed a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and illegally seized 76 metric tons of donor-funded food aid for vulnerable Somalis, the post said. The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance. The announcement was made on the social media platform representing the US State Department's Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom."
"Notably, in a December cabinet meeting, Trump personally levelled racist attacks against the Somali community in the US, saying they are destroying America. He also attacked Ilhan Omar, a Democratic representative from Somalia who arrived in the US as a child refugee. We're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country, Trump said at the December 2 meeting. Ilhan Omar is garbage, just garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work."
The United States has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia, alleging Somali officials destroyed a US-funded World Food Programme warehouse and seized 76 metric tons of donor-funded food aid intended for vulnerable Somalis. The statement was posted on the social media platform representing the US State Department's Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom. The US cited a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance. Somali officials have not responded to the allegations. The action continues a broader pattern of increased pressure by the Trump administration, including immigration restrictions, intensified airstrikes in Somalia, and public attacks on the Somali community and Representative Ilhan Omar.
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