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The Trump Regime Retreats on Promised Agent Orange Cleanup
Reckless funding cut in Vietnam risks environmental catastrophe and signals America's waning global influence
The Trump regime’s reckless mishandling of a promised Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam is the topic of a well-reported ProPublica story that Mark Jacob and I highlight in a new On-Target video. This deadly contamination dates back to the spraying of 10 million gallons of the toxic chemical during the Vietnam War, leading to the deaths of over 300,000 U.S. veterans and over 400,000 Vietnamese people. The cleanup of still highly poisoned soil has been a critical component to building a positive relationship with Vietnam and securing annual commerce of $160 billion.
The result of this careless cutting? Undermining the credibility of America in Vietnam and around the world as it pulls back on commitments made under USAID, the foreign aid agency under attack by Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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Recently visiting a friend in a Boston area VA HOSPITAL where the care is superlative, there was a man who heard me speaking with the doctor & heard my name.
He called out to me & I realized it was a friend I hadn't seen in many years.
As a consequence of VIETNAM, he had metastatic cancer that they were doing their best to treat & keep him comfortable.
He knows he's going to die & his affairs are in order....but he contributed a great deal to the community....he should have had many more years.....
President Biden lost a son as a consequence of those TOXIC CHEMICALS.
This nation sent HEROES to WAR who were exposed to TOXICS CHEMICALS & much else.
This is not multiple choice from 2 self-absorbed cowards & Brain Dead Marco Rubio.
The NAZI MUSKRAT & DEMENTIA DON & Brain Dead Marco Rubio have this NATIONAL DEBT to address!
This defines MORAL DEPRAVITY!
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