1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

I am writing to formally condemn the Republican leadership’s decision to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food aid purchased by the United States, aid that was fully funded by American taxpayers and specifically designed to combat famine and starvation in crisis regions like Afghanistan and Pakistan. Under GOP leadership, the U.S. government deliberately allowed these high-energy fortified biscuits — essential, life-saving nutrition for starving children — to sit idle until they expired. Instead of authorizing their release, the President has chosen to spend even more taxpayer dollars to incinerate them, ensuring no one could benefit from what America had already paid to provide. This was not an accident. It was the predictable outcome of your broader policy to allow a freeze on foreign aid, dismantle USAID’s operational capacity, and centralize control under political appointees with no humanitarian expertise. The direct consequence of this is not merely waste, but death — because while America burns food, real children starve. There is no strategic value in burning food that was ready to be deployed. There is no moral defense for withholding aid simply because you politically oppose the populations or regions that need it. How do you call yourself a Christian and support this decision?! The GOP has now added to America’s legacy an act of cruelty that was entirely avoidable and entirely intentional. This action does not make America great. It makes us complicit in needless suffering, and it reveals a profound disregard for both human life and fiscal responsibility. As a taxpayer, I find this not only unconscionable but emblematic of an administration obsessed with spectacle, cruelty, and political score-settling at any cost — even the lives of starving children. Let the record reflect that I, and countless others, denounce this decision. And when history looks back, this shameful choice will stand as one more example of moral failure under your leadership.