Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson mocked the US-style 'solution' to the hunger crisis, noting that after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) quietly halted its annual food insecurity reports in 2024, 'the problem of hunger in America has been solved for two years now.'

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, in a post on X on the current hunger crisis in America, Esmaeil Baqaei wrote, 'Charity begins at home-and it is desperately needed there.' Referencing a World Hunger Education Service report, Baqaei said, 'More than 47 million people in the United States, including 1 in 5 children, cannot consistently access or afford enough nutritious food to live healthy lives. Since 2020, the number of people facing food insecurity has risen by 4.2 million.'

'Feeding America confirms the same stark reality: 47 million Americans struggle daily with hunger and its severe health and social consequences,' Baqaei added. The spokesperson further wrote, 'The 'solution' from U.S. authorities? In September 2024, the USDA quietly terminated its 30-year-old annual report on household food insecurity-effectively ending the official tracking and acknowledgment of hunger in America.'

'So, after 'solving' domestic hunger by simply stopping the reports, Washington now feels qualified to lecture the world about hunger elsewhere,' the diplomat concluded.

In a viral video on social media, Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a prominent Democratic politician, slammed Donald Trump's policies, echoing his statement, 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation.' 'This is the president of the US. So, if he isn't thinking about Americans' financial situations, then what is he thinking about? How to use his office to make more money for himself? How to drag our country into more endless wars? Americans are selling their blood to afford to live, and Donald Trump doesn't even think about them,' Warren said.