Trump officials to send Ebola-exposed Americans to Kenya rather than bring them home: NYT

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

May 26, 2026 7:40PM ET


The Trump administration wants to send U.S. citizens living abroad who are exposed to the deadly Ebola virus to Kenya rather than bring them home, according to new reporting by the New York Times. Three people familiar with the Trump administration's plans spoke with the NYT, which noted that previous administrations brought Americans home for observation and treatment.

The outbreak of Ebola is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization declared it a public health emergency. More than 1,000 cases of Ebola and 200 deaths have been reported during the past 11 days, which makes it the third largest outbreak on record, according to the NYT.

Trump administration insiders told the NYT that the original plan was to send Ebola-exposed Americans to Kenya for monitoring and then to Europe for treatment if they show symptoms.

"But the administration now plans to provide treatment in Kenya as well," insiders told the NYT. Trump officials are already setting up a facility in Kenya where Americans can be quarantined and treated for Ebola, the NYT added.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-officials-to-send-ebola-exposed-americans-to-kenya-rather-than-bring-them-home-nyt/

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Link to NYT article - Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya

[Lovie777]

1. WOW..............

so Christian of them.........................

NOT.

[rampartd]

2. i like the idea

harsh as it sounds, people with contagious diseases must be quarantined.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. Yes. Because leper colonies were such a wonderful idea

Why not also strip these Americans of their citizenship so deporting sick people will be easier?

[aeromanKC]

9. Yes, would rather they find a place to quarantine somewhere in the US but quarantine nonetheless

[AZLD4Candidate]

14. So much for the right of repatriation, right?

[littlemissmartypants]

12. But not somewhere where they...

Compound the burden of the locals who are already operating on limited resources when they could be brought HOME to receive care that is most likely to support better health outcomes.

The stupidity of this isolationist crap is not only counterintuitive but deadly.

This regime is marked by immorality and incompetence, which is always a despicable combination.

Science doesn't care what they believe, and disease doesn't have time for their idiocy.

Danger hidden in the dark is still dangerous.

[JBTaurus83]

3. God help us if someone infected

Comes here. Clowns are running the show.

[johnnyfins]

4. I wouldnt be surprised if it was already here

[littlemissmartypants]

13. It's the lack of contact tracing that's the real worry. I'm sure that there are already cases in the US. ...

The outbreak started at the end of January. Because of the dismantling of the USAID network, we're just now finding out about it.

[Vinca]

5. Considering the incompetence of this administration, I agree with this particular decision. The last thing

we need is an outbreak of Ebola in this country. It would make the Covid pandemic and Trump's bungling of it look like the good old days.

[AZLD4Candidate]

8. Why stop with ebola? Obese people get sick? People with genetic diseases too,

Got to weed out the weak and "useless." Hell, let's just start euthanizing the undesirable Americans in our population. The ones that make us look bad. The unerwünschte Elemente as one could say.

After all, it isn't like that hasn't been done before ever, ever, ever.

[ToxMarz]

6. I'm surprised he's not trying to revoke their citizenship

Trump likes Americans who didn't get Ebola.

[3Hotdogs]

10. But then they'd have to live in a shit-hole country forever . I guess it would serve 'em right for going to a

shit-hole country in the first place. They should spend their money in first rate countries like Disney Land or Las Vegas.

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. From the article: "But the administration now plans to provide treatment in Kenya as well,"

Like Trumpcare, which is simply "don't get hurt or sick and if you do, die quickly."

Wow, does this idea sound like the deportation beginning of Americans Trump doesn't want here. Sort of a pilot program deporting and refusing admittance to the American citizen version of "low hanging fruit."

Slippery slope logical fallacy, I know. . .but let's look at his deportation record:

1: Undocumented immigrants in gangs, then;
2 Undocumented immigrants with felony records, then;
3: Undocumented immigrants with minor records (like DUI), then;
4: Undocumented immigrants with no records, then;
5: Documented immigrants in gangs, then;
6: Documented immigrants with felonies, then;
7: Documented immigrants with minor records (like misdemeanors), then;
8: Documented immigrants with no record, then;
9: Sick Americans, then. . .

And to show logical conclusion,
10: Americans in gangs, then;
11: Americans with criminal records, then;
12: Americans with no records deemed undesirable, then;
13: Americans that disagree with Republicans, then;
14: American Muslims, then;
15: American minorities, including Native Americans, then;
16: Americans not Christian, then;
17: Non wealthy Americans to a point (gotta keep certain things going), then. . .