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Well, at least we know where the Tarheels rank in Joe Biden’s world.<\/p>\n
On his last-gasp attempt to look Presidential, Joe Biden is making a grand tour of African countries. You know, because we have all those friends there And when going places that by and large really don’t care for us, what better way to make up for largely being ignored than to throw money at them? After all, that IS the American way.\u00a0 Forget your famines, screw your insurrections, who KNOWS which way you politically lean – we can make up for it with cash, right?<\/p>\n “The United States continues to be the world’s largest provider of humanitarian aid and development assistance. That’s going to increase, you know, that’s the right thing for the wealthiest nation in the world to do,” Biden said while speaking in Angola. “Today I’m announcing over $1 billion in new humanitarian support for Africans displaced from homes by historic droughts and food insecurity. We know African leaders and citizens are seeking more than just aid. You seek investment.<\/p>\n “So, the United States is expanding our relationship all across Africa from assistance to aid, investment to trade, moving from patrons to partners to help bridge the infrastructure gap,” he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n First time Biden has ever been to Africa, too. Thank God he isn’t a frequent flier.<\/p>\n Now, in fairness, the White House has said it wants $98 billion in Helene relief funding, but does not seem to have officially requested it. FEMA says it needs at least $40 billion more that its 2024 budget\u00a0 due to Helene relief costs.<\/p>\n On top of that, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told reporters last month that her agency “will need additional funding of approximately $40 billion beyond its 2025 budget request to support the ongoing recovery efforts to these storms and meet our overall mission requirements through the end of the fiscal year.”\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n No offense to North Carolina – I know how long hurricane recovery can take but am I the only one noticing that the folks actually tasked with doing the work are asking less than half of what the White House wants to dole out? Am I smelling a particularly noisome large rodent? Who gets that other $50 billion?<\/p>\n No matter what – the appearance of putting African aide ahead of taking care of our own is some really bad optics. Spending billions on housing and feeding millions of illegal immigrants is worse, especially when the country is trillions (that’s a lot of zeroes) in debt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" waiting to be bought by American dinero<\/del>.<\/p>\n