Anna Anthro

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: #Trump admin threatens #Zambia to sign deal by taking their ill citizens hostage

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/zambia-hiv-aid-minerals-trump.html

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia

A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”

The New York Times
Mar 17 at 7:54pmWeb
Show threadIvey Janette McClellandMar 17
@AnnaAnthro Another "shithole country" he'd love to loot,build golf courses and hotels in,and deport innocent people of color that are American citizens.
Show threadZhao MoMar 17
@AnnaAnthro HIV aid for mineral access. the countries receiving that offer have seen the structure before. the commodity changes. the terms don't.
Show threadIvey Janette McClellandMar 17
@zhaomo @AnnaAnthro And golf course rights.
Show threadFandaSinMar 18

@AnnaAnthro

Of so many f****na despicable awful things Trump does lately...this one is really fu***ng .... I probably don't know right curse words to write something that would be even close to what I think about that move.🤬🤬🤬