Tens of thousands of tons of food purchased through a federal program to feed hungry people overseas is stuck at a warehouse in Houston’s port after President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid, according to an email from an international food agency and an employee with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The pause comes as the Trump administration moves to dismantle USAID, one of the world’s largest government aid organizations. The organization spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year through its Food for Peace program to distribute surplus crops from American farmers around the globe, according to the Congressional Research Service.

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    22 hours ago

    Will the food go to hungry Americans, or will it sit there and rot?

    My bet is it rots, or rots and is then fed to Americans.

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      17 hours ago

      They’ll let it rot, and then they’ll give it to one of their private prisons or holding facilities to feed to their prisoners and save money under the guise of “eliminating waste.”

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        17 hours ago

        Beware of the “Made in America” sticker. It might be from a concentration camp local vendor.

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      21 hours ago

      That’s not the American way.

      It’s dumped before it goes bad. Then they have someone guard the dumping site to make sure it is all wasted.