Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump advisers have not said how he will approach humanitarian aid, but he sought to slash U.S. funding in his first term.
56% : Asked about the aid conditions, a spokesperson for the U.S. Agency for International Development, which oversees American humanitarian spending, said the agency acts "in accordance with the obligations and standards required by Congress.
46% : Project 2025, a set of policy proposals drawn up by Trump backers for his second term, calls on humanitarian agencies to work harder to collect more funding from other donors and says this should be a condition for additional U.S. aid.
42% : Global hunger is rising, but total humanitarian aid from wealthy nations to UN is shrinking*UN projects at least 117 million will go without aid in 2025*Germany, a top U.N. humanitarian donor, is reducing aid funding*Relief agencies fear possible cuts from top donor US after Trump takes office*China and India, among the world´s top five economies, contribute less than 1% of U.N. humanitarian aidBy Jaimi Dowdell, Kaylee Kang, Benjamin Lesser, Raymon TroncosoDec 24 (Reuters) -It´s a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world´s wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping.
42% : The aid cuts Trump sought in his first term didn´t pass Congress, which controls such spending.
38% : An internal WFP report on Sudan identified a range of problemsin the organization´s response to an extreme hunger crisis there, Reuters reported earlier this month, including an inability to react adequately and what the report described as "anti-fraud challenges.
29% : On the campaign trail, Trump tried to distance himself from the controversial Project 2025 blueprint.
9% : "BillionaireElon Musk has been tapped by Trump to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a new body that will examine waste in government spending.

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