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Trump Dismantles USAID, Triggers 750,000 Deaths, Mineral Ties

4/24/2026

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President Donald Trump’s administration dismantled USAID, moving its remaining programs into the State Department.
The author says cutting USAID has caused over 750,000 deaths, most of them children.
USAID saved 92 million lives in twenty years while using less than one percent of the federal budget.
State Department policies now tie HIV treatment for over one million Zambians to U.S. access to the country’s critical minerals.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump’s administration dismantled USAID, moving its remaining programs into the State Department.
The author says cutting USAID has caused over 750,000 deaths, most of them children.
USAID saved 92 million lives in twenty years while using less than one percent of the federal budget.
State Department policies now tie HIV treatment for over one million Zambians to U.S. access to the country’s critical minerals.