In 2025, Trump froze U.S. foreign aid and dismantled USAID, sparking debate on its impact; critics argue it harms global aid.

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The U.S. Agency of International Development has become President Donald Trump’s and the Department of Government Efficiency’s poster child for waste, fraud, and abuse of American taxpayer dollars.

As the Trump administration devises wasteful, nonsensical plans to spend what remains of congressionally appropriated foreign assistance funds during a government shutdown, fired employees of the U.S.