Tuvo que despedirme la Administración Trump en 2025 para que comprendiera de verdad hasta qué punto se había vuelto frágil el tejido de nuestra sociedad en Estados Unidos. Valores que durante tanto tiempo habíamos considerado universales —como acabar con el hambre en el mundo, el VIH, la malaria y las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas— se convirtieron de pronto en moneda de cambio político. Nunca imaginé que llegaría el día en que mi país interrumpiría de forma precipitada y temeraria el suministro de material médico, alimentos de emergencia y kits de atención a víctimas de violación destinados a algunas de las personas más pobres del mundo, con un coste en vidas difícil de calcular.

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I had to be dismissed by the Trump administration in 2025 before I truly understood how fragile the fabric of our society in the United States had become. Values we had long regarded as universal — such as ending world hunger, HIV, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases — suddenly became political bargaining chips. I never imagined the day would come when my country would abruptly and recklessly cut off supplies of medical equipment, emergency food, and rape kits destined for some of the world’s poorest people, with a death toll that is hard to calculate.

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Explosive new book reports that as Biden publicly counseled a measured response, his administration privately supported Israel’s maximalist goals. Biden was haughty & sure of his Middle East expertise; his inner circle maintained wilful ignorance about the genocide in Gaza