William Moore, CEO, Eleanor Crook Foundation recently joined forces with former Congressman Chris Stewart in The Daily Caller to examine the American-made secret that can earn Trump the Nobel Prize.

President Trump has boldly declared what many in Washington have quietly acknowledged for years: foreign aid needs to change. His proposal to fold USAID into the State Department and dramatically scale back its programs is a clear message that every dollar spent abroad must make America stronger, safer and more prosperous.

So, what kind of assistance meets this new standard? The answer is in Alabama’s peanut fields, Iowa’s soy farms, and Georgia’s factories: LifePacks. And this answer is proof that ‘America-First foreign assistance’ isn’t an oxymoron: we have a real opportunity to end global child starvation and boost local U.S. economies at the same time.

LifePacks – technically known as Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) – are an American-made, peanut-based food paste that saves children from the deadliest form of malnutrition. Each packet costs less than a dollar to produce, requires no refrigeration, and can be administered by any parent. It’s a low-cost, high-impact solution to one of the world’s deadliest and most solvable problems – and it’s emblazoned with an American flag and President Trump’s signature.

Malnutrition is still the leading global cause of death for children under five, claiming three million lives every single year. Even survivors can suffer stunted growth, cognitive impairment or any variety of other lifelong setbacks. For children who reach the most dangerous stage – tragically known as “wasting” – recovery without intervention is rare.

LifePacks change that – with this life-saving treatment in hand, nine out of ten severely malnourished children recover.

This is more than humanitarian charity. It’s strategic foreign policy with a made-in-America label. LifePacks rely on U.S. peanuts, milk powder and vitamins. They’re manufactured by American workers across 27 different states. They provide stable demand for U.S. crops, create jobs in processing and logistics and connect the dots between American agriculture and American diplomacy.

The Trump Administration has an opportunity to make LifePacks the model for reformed U.S. assistance – what one might call America First Foreign Assistance. Beyond economic benefits at home, the program would enhance global stability. Hunger is one of the most documented drivers of political unrest, extremism and migration. As the saying goes, “A hungry man can’t see right or wrong.” Helping nations feed their children is cheaper – and far more effective – than deploying troops to respond to the chaos that hunger leaves in its wake.

A surge in this kind of production and distribution would also cement America’s global leadership in an area where China and others are trying to expand their influence. There is a strategic message in a packet of food stamped with the USA flag and delivered to the hands of a mother in crisis: American power can save lives, not just win wars.

And there’s precedent. President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative, cutting child mortality worldwide by 20% over eight years. President Trump could do the same in one single year by scaling up this one single American-made product – that means no massive foreign bureaucracy or long-term program costs.

That’s the kind of legacy-defining opportunity that fits squarely within an America-First model for foreign aid: results over rhetoric, strength through compassion and policy driven by what’s good for America.

The United States has the tools, the technology and the supply chains to end child starvation. All it needs is leadership willing to scale what works. In LifePacks, the Trump Administration has a chance to redefine foreign aid – not as a handout, but as a high-return investment in American strength, security, and soft power.

This is a rare policy that saves lives, boosts the U.S. economy, and reshapes America’s image abroad. President Trump should seize the moment to save millions of children from starvation and to make America safer, stronger and more prosperous at the same time.

• This article originally appeared in the Daily Caller on July 29 2025.