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magicalist 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE

> If these programs are so small, why do you care so much?

Because they help starving children?

> First, these are symbolic

Are we talking about how USAID worked against apartheid in South Africa now?

ahmeneeroe-v2 5 months ago [–]

>starving children

The people who put Trump in office want the US Gov to focus on American children

magicalist 5 months ago | | [–]

> The people who put Trump in office want

That's not remotely universally true, but that's also not what you asked about

evan_ 5 months ago | | [–]

oh, so what are they doing to that end

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