The United States President Donald Trump boasts that his administration has stopped being sent to Gaza on a bombing condom.
Trump did not provide evidence of his claim -that condoms were sent to Gaza, or that Hamas used contraceptives to make bombs -and many people were the US President. I wondered what I was talking about.
But there is probably an explanation. A strange thing.
The following is what you need to know about Trump’s claim that the United States was sending a condom to Hamas until he stopped the flow.
What do you think Trump happened?
Trump claimed contraceptive after taking office to achieve administration’s achievements.
“We have identified $ 50 million sent to Gaza to buy a condom for Hamas,” said Trump on Wednesday. “They used them as a way to make a bomb. How about that?”
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt made a similar claim during his debut New Briefing on Tuesday. She said that the government efficiency bureau (DOGE) and the management budget (OMB) said that there were 50 million taxpayers from the door to provide funds to Gaza’s condom. Ta.
She called the suspicious assistance as “the ridiculous waste of taxpayers’ money.”
Jesse Waterters, a conservative talk show in Fox News, said that it uses a “condom bomb” using a US cargo without Hamas, and has shed balloons containing explosives to Israel. Did he share evidence to support the bomb aggressive claim? no.
Why did the White House insist on condom?
Trump seems to have accused Gaza as an example of a wasted US foreign aid expenditure. His administration has justified almost all foreign aid stops by emphasizing examples of “terrible funding”, such as contraceptive and reproductive medicine programs.
The administration is not a waste of taxpayers, but is conducting a review to guarantee that Trump’s “American First” foreign policy and the US foreign aids agree. Say.
The United States is the largest donor around the world. In fiscal 2023, it received $ 72 billion from the health of women in conflict zones to clean water, HIV/AIDS treatment, energy security, and corruption prevention work.
Immediately after taking office in the second term on January 20, Trump ordered 90 days frozen for foreign support, and his assistance complies with his government, the rights of transgender, and diversity. I confirmed it.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, except for emergency food assistance and military assistance to Egypt and Israel, the United States has frozen almost all aid spending.
How many condoms can I buy for $ 50 million?
For the government of President Joe Biden, the US International Development Organization (USAID (USAID) COVID-19 Support Portfolio refugee, Jeremy Conindic, argued that Trump and Livit were unrealistic.
“The USAID will procure the condom for about $ 0.05,” he wrote on Wednesday. What happens here is not a 1 billion condom for Gaza. What is happening is that DOGE’s BROS doesn’t seem to be able to read the Govt spreadsheet. “
So, look at “Gaza Condom”.
USAID procures a condom for about $ 0.05.
$ 50 million is 1 billion condoms.
What happens here is not a 1 billion condom for Gaza.
What is happening is that DOGE’s BROS doesn’t seem to be able to read the Govt spreadsheet.
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Did the United States really send Gaza a condom of $ 50 million?
There was no public evidence of Gaza’s millions of dollars dollar planning, which was spent to providing Gaza condoms, and the officials of the State Department did not respond to evidence from Reuters News.
However, there are many evidence that seems to be refuting Trump’s claim.
In a statement on Wednesday, International Medical Corps (IMC), an organization that received money to provide medical care in Gaza, explained in detail on the job. “No US government funds are used to provide condom procurement or distribution and family planning services.”
The statement added that the IMC received more than $ 68 million from USAID from October 7, 2023. It is used to operate two large hospitals in Gaza, such as surgical care, malnutrition treatment, emergency motherhood and the care of newborns.
The report published by DOGE or OMB does not reflect a plan to spend $ 100 million in the IMC business in Gaza.
Reports on Contraceptives and condoms shipped by USAID in 2007 to 2023 have not shown records of condoms shipped to Gaza.
Former Deputy Director of the Middle East Defense Defense Director Dana Stall said in the X post on Wednesday, and USAID did not spend money on Gaza in FY2023.
According to the USAID report in April, the United States delivered $ 60.8 million in contraceptives and condoms in four areas in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean in the previous fiscal year.
The Middle East received only $ 45,681, and Africa received more than $ 54 million or 89 % of contraceptives in 2023.
The report added that $ 45,681 was performed in Jordan completely, incorporating oral contraceptives and inverted contraceptives, but did not contain condoms.
The USAID report shows the delivery to the Middle East in FY2019, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, and 2007, but does not mention any delivery to Gaza.
Under the Trump administration, USAID delivered $ 1.1 million to the Middle East in FY2019. All products were sent to Yemen, including condoms between men and women and multiple types of contraceptives.
Did Trump think of another gaza?
The US Ministry of Health and Welfare (HHS) provides funds to organizations around the world that carry out health -related projects, including reproxy health.
Was Trump and his administration mentioned about another Gaza? After all, there are more than 12 places in the world named Gaza, including two US communities.
For now, why Trump claimed and evidence he had.
However, it is interesting to note that the HS Grants database has received more than $ 83 million since 2021, the Elizabeth Graser AIDS Foundation in Mozambique.
This fund was assigned to two state -of -the -art reproductive health projects: in a hamazed and Gaza.
According to the details of the subsidy, this fund will continue until September 2026.
It is unknown whether Mozambique lost its funds due to Gaza’s turmoil.