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Less than a week in and we’re already seeing why President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid was necessary to begin with.
The Trump administration, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency, has identified and eliminated a $50 million fund intended for purchasing condoms in Gaza.
This startling revelation involves taxpayers’ money being diverted to ensure an adequate supply of contraceptives in a region aligned with Iran, a prominent adversary of the United States.
Further aggravating this situation is the history of Hamas militants misusing condoms by filling them with helium to create balloons used for aerial explosive devices.
But the waste-a-palooza ain’t just Trojans for terrorists.
To get a glimpse of the truly dumb stuff our foreign-aid dollars get spent on, consider State Department staffers’ waiver requests (dug up by the indispensable Washington Free Beacon) submitted to save programs they considered worthy of the freeze.
Like $21.7 million for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security, an outfit at USAID focused on “equity and environmental justice through the empowerment of marginalized and underrepresented populations.”
Boy, just what America needs to win in strategic contests with China, Russia, and Iran!
Or $62.7 million for the Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation, which (in the words of the request) “leads in carrying out key Agency priorities, including pursuing gender equality and inclusive development.”
It’s bad enough that big corporations wasted money on jargon-powered nonsense like this; sticking taxpayers with the bill for it is obscene.
These are the rich little fiefdoms of career bureaucrats, and the frightened whining about funding cuts arises from their self-interest — not America’s or its taxpayers.
As the White House continues to trim the fat abroad and at home, it’s important to treat the squeals of protest for what they are: noise from an increasingly nervous pork pen.