"Where we are. This is my nightmare scenario. And that's what I want. The only thing I can say to people is this, is that we're not sliding into autocracy. We're right in the middle of it! We're there. And regardless of whatever label you want to put on it, dictatorship, autocracy, when the president of the United States ignores court orders, when he acts unconstitutionally, but in a way that there's no redress for it."
"For instance, I don't believe that it was constitutional in the way in which he ended USAID, which I think is going to have a greater impact of any of the foreign policy decisions that he's made so far in terms of long-term impact. 14 million people that otherwise would have led a healthy life because of the generosity of the American people will die within the next five years."
The president's actions are characterized as ignoring court orders and acting unconstitutionally, signaling a move into autocracy with limited legal redress. The termination of USAID is presented as unconstitutional and as having the most significant long-term foreign policy impact of recent decisions. Projections estimate 14 million preventable deaths within five years due to halted aid, including about 4.5 million children under five. Many beneficiaries had already received antiretroviral medications and food aid stored in warehouses, but supplies are reported destroyed or abandoned, preventing lifesaving distribution. These interruptions reverse previously achieved public health and nutrition gains globally.
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