The Fatal Impact of Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts
- The Trump administration halted international development work at USAID suddenly.
- Elon Musk and Marco Rubio criticized USAID programs before the administration canceled them.
- The cuts impacted programs and staff, with remaining programs going to the State Department.
- Musk called USAID "criminal and corrupt"; Rubio said programs did not advance interests.
- Organizations now face funding shortages, prompting new initiatives and potential mergers.
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My Turn: Impact of USAID cuts in Uganda
As most people are aware, USAID has been one of the agencies that have been most impacted by the cuts of President Donald Trump. Trump said that USAID was run by “radical lunatics.” Elon Musk, the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, called USAID “a criminal and evil organization” whose “time to die” has arrived. Although USAID is not perfect (no organization is), this is at a minimum a huge distortion of their work. US…

Trump’s aid cuts claim early victims after three-hour walk in 40-degree heat
The deaths of eight people, including five children, are among the first to be directly attributed to the cuts imposed by the US president.
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