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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera

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2025-12-15
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    ProPublica found that Trump officials were warned foreign-aid cuts would worsen South Sudan's cholera outbreak; response programs seeking less than $20 million closed, and the official death toll later approached 1,600. The reporting supports contribution and foreseeability, not sole causation.

    Passages and source records documenting: South Sudan's cholera epidemic killed nearly 1,600 after warned-about aid cuts

    South Sudan's cholera epidemic killed nearly 1,600 after warned-about aid cuts · South Sudan recorded its worst cholera epidemic, with nearly 1,600 official deaths