The whole system of finding, diagnosing and treating tuberculosis — which kills more people worldwide than any other infectious disease — has collapsed in dozens of countries across Africa and Asia since President Trump ordered the aid freeze on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
The United States contributed about half of international donor funding to TB last year and here in Kenya paid for everything from nurses to lab equipment. Trump administration officials have said that other countries should contribute a greater share to global health programs. They say administration is evaluating foreign aid contracts to determine whether they are in the national interest of the United States.
While some of the TB programs may ultimately survive, none have received any money for months.
The cruelty continues to be the point.
Let’s not forget that Trump was literally raised to view disease and ill health as “weakness.” So much so that the man who ingrained those ideas into him, his own father, would be viewed by Trump as “weak” on his deathbed. He had no issues taking advantage of his fathers weakness and exploiting it for himself. It’s also why he refuses to admit he is in ill health or old himself. In 2019 he said he was “young and vibrant.” Trump was in his 70’s when he made this remark. He is absolutely fucking delusional and it is rooted in his fear of disease frailty and death.
It is also rooted in his desire to control and dole out pain, suffering, and death on those he dislikes.
He is quite literally a dangerous madman.