The American farmers at the heart of Trump's war with USAID

President 's ongoing efforts to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and freeze federal spending is wreaking havoc on the bottom lines of farmers all across the nation.

Prior to Trump ordering and the firing of its employees - an act that was carried out by and his Department of Government Efficiency - the agency ran food aid, disaster relief and disease prevention programs in over 100 countries on a $40billion annual budget.

American farms supply 41 percent of the food that USAID then goes on to distribute around the world to populations often near starvation, according to a 2021 report by the Research Service.

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