Summary
The Trump administration has dismantled USAID, placing 4,080 staffers on leave and firing 1,600 more, eliminating over 90% of the agency’s foreign aid contracts totaling $60 billion.
Affected employees were given just 15 minutes to clear their workspaces under strict security.
This action, led by Trump and Elon Musk, proceeded without congressional authorization, though a Congressional Research Service report states such approval is required.
Legal challenges continue, with the Supreme Court temporarily blocking a federal judge’s order to release frozen funds.
Donald Trump is extremely dim and doesn’t understand diplomacy or soft power at all. He thinks strength means making others suffer, and he’s too stupid to see how this might not be a smart move in the longer term.
Either that or he’s doing it deliberately to weaken the USA, because he doesn’t work for the USA.