Are Trump’s tariffs destroying lives and livelihoods in Lesotho?
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🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
But what are the real-world consequences of Mr Trump's trade war?
Trump's cuts to US foreign aid means people can't get access to HIV medication and costly tariffs is causing havoc to the economy – both of which are costing lives.
Sky News' Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir has been to Lesotho to find out how decisions in Washington are hitting a country thousands of miles away.
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| 1:00.1 | Coming up on the daily, the real-world consequences of Donald Trump's tariffs and aid cuts, |
| 1:06.2 | the lives and livelihoods being lost in Lesotho in southern Africa. |
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