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Trump’s Foreign Aid Suspension Unnerves Washington, not Recipients. Part 2

President Donald Trump Indicted the US foreign aid industry and bureaucracy while ordering the suspension and review of foreign assistance, making it curious why he could not terminate it altogether.

Simon Chege Ndiritu

Trump’s Foreign Aid Suspension Unnerves Washington, not Recipients. Part 1

On January 20th, 2025, Donald Trump paused US foreign assistance for 90 days. This move was followed by the suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through which most US foreign assistance was channeled.

Simon Chege Ndiritu

USAID was CIA: Ghost of US Senator Jesse Helms Honored that ‘USAID is SHUTTING DOWN!’’

Jesse Helms, former Senator from the North Carolina, who campaigned much of his long career to defund USAID, would be proud … So now we know that USAID wasn’t as great as people thought.

 

Jeffrey Silverman