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TTT1713 March 27 Humanitarian Assistance

We Americans love to tell ourselves that we are the most generous people in the world. While the facts don’t completely bear that out, it is true that the U.S. government has been the world’s largest donor of food assistance and other forms of humanitarian assistance. In the face of impending famines and the largest refugee crises since World War II, President Trump’s budget (and rhetoric) suggests a radical reduction in these efforts in favor of increased military spending.