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| Rubio officially kills USAID, reveals future home for [~5200] foreign assistance programs |
| 2025-07-02 |
| [FoxNews] More than 5,200 foreign assistance programs cut under Trump's government efficiency initiative while Democrats protest USAID will no longer send foreign assistance across the globe, with the State Department taking over any such programs that President Donald Trump's administration wishes to continue, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday. Rubio made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying USAID had for decades failed to ensure the programs it funded actually supported America's interests. The State Department will take over foreign assistance programs beginning July 1, he said. "Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War. Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown," Rubio wrote. "This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end. Under the Trump Administration, we will finally have a foreign funding mission in America that prioritizes our national interests. As of July 1st, USAID will officially cease to implement foreign assistance. Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies—and which advance American interests—will be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more accountability, strategy, and efficiency," he continued. The move comes after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gutted USAID as part of Trump's effort to remove waste, fraud and abuse from the federal government. The agency came under fire for many funding choices, including allocating $1.5 million for a program that sought to "advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities" and a $70,000 program for a "DEI musical" in Ireland. As a result, Rubio announced on March 11 that the State Department had completed a six-week review and would cancel more than 80% of USAID programs — cutting roughly 5,200 of USAID's 6,200 programs. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 ^ Ditto, Pan |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-07-02 18:45 |
| #7 Well said at #6. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-07-02 18:05 |
| #6 This event is certainly the most significant event to ever happen to America in the last 20 years. No you say?? Who funded the Russian crap that hobbled a president, who funded the DNC? Who funded the hate around the world for America? Who funded the summer of love, Black lives matter, the border fight, the human trafficking of women and children, Palestine crap, and the people in congress that are millionaires from hating America.... Russia and china did not do the damage to America that USAID did in the last 20 years... Rubio, who I almost like, did an outstanding job here under Trumps leadership. Now Pam needs to claw back the money and send these folks to prison. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2025-07-02 16:49 |
| #5 What would Old Hickory do? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-02 11:42 |
| #4 Federal judge blocks Trump's immigration policy in shocking decision on Haitian protections |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-07-02 11:40 |
| #3 It would be interesting to learn how much of the US taxpayer's money has been pi**ed away over the years this, not so cleverly disguised financial cover mechanism. Why do I continue to see LTG Mike Flynn (Ret) as a Trump Team silent partner ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-07-02 09:42 |
| #2 #1 Yes, but give them time. They will start up again soon enough. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2025-07-02 09:31 |
| #1 ...And has anyone noticed that there's don't seem to be any Federal judges second-guessing things the last few days...? Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-07-02 06:42 |