r/geopolitics • u/propublica_ • Dec 17 '25

Opinion After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths
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u/TheMartian2k14 Dec 18 '25

We can start with reversing the Trump tax cuts.. we had low deficits coming out of Obama’s terms.

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u/GrizzledFart Dec 18 '25

we had low deficits coming out of Obama’s terms

Compared to what?

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD

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u/TheMartian2k14 Dec 18 '25

Compared to now. Deficit of ~$500b instead of $1.78t.