Thursday, March 20, 2025

Interrupted Agent Orange Cleanup in Vietnam due to President Trump. Really!

The many ways journalists try to smear President Trump!

Even the decades old horror stories about Agent Orange serve this purpose!

The Vietnam War ended 1975. One would think that most Agent Orange has been cleaned up by now. If not, then ask the Vietnamese government what they were doing about Agent Orange for the past 50 years.

"Interrupted Agent Orange Cleanup

Efforts to clean up an enormous chemical spill at an air base in Vietnam have been halted by USAID cutsputting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of poisoning, U.S. diplomats and human rights groups say. 

Background: Remediation efforts at the Bien Hoa air base were started in 2019, when the U.S. government committed $430 million+ to help clean up widespread dioxin contamination that dates back to the Vietnam War—when the U.S. brought the toxin to the country. 

Halted work: The sudden USAID shutdown meant work immediately stopped, leaving pits with dioxin-contaminated soil exposed at the cusp of the country’s rainy season. 

High risk: With enough rain, dioxin could flood into nearby communities’ food supply and contaminate a major river flowing into Ho Chi Minh City."

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