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Bono accuses Trump of cutting foreign aid "with glee." [View all]
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/bono-donald-trump-foreign-aid-35247916.amp"The U2 frontman Bono took aim at the US leader, Donald Trump, at the premiere of his new Apple TV Plus documentary, whom he accused of 'taking glee' in cutting US foreign aid for the world's most vulnerable communities.
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Bono, aged 65, shared insights into the film's focus: "It's a story about fathers. It's my relationship with my actual father. It's my life as a father," and added, "And then it's this relationship with my Father in Heaven, whatever you want to call that force of love and logic behind the Universe."
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The U2 frontman criticized President Trump and Elon Musk, the wealthiest man globally, accusing them of wasting the potential of millions by drastically reducing US foreign aid spending, seemingly "with glee, it would appear." He further commented that this was not only an imprudent policy but also "the definition of the absence of love."...(more)