# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-23T22:01:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

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Speaking in Des Moines, celebrity chef José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen is providing millions of meals in war-ravaged areas like Ukraine and Gaza, urged President Donald Trump to reconsider killing USAID and billions of dollars in foreign food assistance.

The 64-year-old agency was one of the first targets of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as the Trump administration took office, laying off all but a handful of its 10,000 employees and shuttering its programs around the world.

"It would be amazing if (Trump) would realize it was ill-advised and reverse" the decision, said Andrés. He joined 28 World Food Prize Laureates in a Wednesday letter that calls for the U.S. and other countries to double their investment in both emergency food aid and sustainable agriculture.

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