Last week, hundreds of internal contractors engaged in the US International Development Organization (USAID) took unpaid vacations, and some were dismissed after President Donald Trump was cleaning the United States foreign assistance around the world. It was done.
However, for the billionaire of the Million Elders, it is not enough to temporarily freeze USAID funds.
“It’s time to die,” and the mask was written on his social media platform X on Monday.
“It can’t be repaired,” said the mask in another post, adding Trump that it should be closed.
Comments by Musk, appointed by Trump to lead a new government efficiency (DOGE), caused a growing debate on the future of the auxiliary institution.
Let’s take a look at what the agency is and its role worldwide.
What is happening?
The USAID, where the website disappeared without explanation on Saturdays, was one of the most targeted Federal governments, in which the federal government’s bureaucracy and many of the programs were escalated.
“It is operated by a lot of rapid madman, and we are out of them,” Trump told reporters on USAID on Sunday night.
The mask calling Shutter USAID has denied the members of his cost reduction taskforce access to the restricted area of the Washington DC institution.
Quoting an unnamed official, the US media is DOGE HR to secure an area of USAID security director John Boo Hood and his deputy director Brian McGill. After refusing to enter, he reported that he was on vacation.
DOGE representatives, which were created by the Presidential Order by Presidential Ordinance, were able to access areas with the first conflict reported by CNN.
White House has denied that DOGE staff tried to access the restricted area, but Katie Miller, which serves with DOGE, seems to have acknowledged the attempts of taskforce entry, saying, “There is no appropriate security clearance. The classified materials are not accessed. “
Abolishes USAID and all foreign assistance. https://t.co/vx239NYLES
-Landpaul (@randpault) February 1, 2025
How was the reaction to the mask calling to close USAID?
After the criticism of the mask, the members of the Congress used social media to discuss whether the USAID could be closed forever.
“Trump is driving out the USAID employees and threatened.” This is illegal and contrary to our national interests, “said Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Republican Democratic Party. 。
Republican Senator Land Paul responded to Schumer and said, “We will abolish all foreign assistance.”
Democratic Senator Chris Koons also emphasized X and eliminated institutions to “reduce safety.”
“President Trump has been harassed to USAID employees for two weeks. His team is now completely obstructing agencies,” he said on Sunday. “These are patriotic Americans who promote our leadership around the world.”
President Trump has been harassed a USAID employee for two weeks, but his team is now completely obstructing agencies. These are patriotic Americans who promote our leadership around the world.
They make us more secure. Trump does not secure us. https://t.co/qfqgljbj2u-Chisy of Senator Chris Koons (@chriscoons) February 2, 2025
What is USAID and when did it start?
In the efforts led by President John F. Kennedy at the time, USAID was established in 1961 as part of the Foreign Aid Law. According to the USAID archive version, a major change in US overseas programs by combining some existing organizations and programs. Web site.
“Until then, there was no single institution in charge of foreign economic development,” said the website.
According to the US government’s official website, the USAID is a “US main organization to recover from disasters, escape poverty, and expand support for countries engaged in democratic reforms.”
Former USAID administrator Andrew Nutsios wrote in 2020 that the institution had contributed to the success of the United States during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
“I claim that the biggest success story of USAID during the Cold War was directly connected to the US national interest,” he said. “These successes certainly brought profits to the United States, but have also benefited to developing countries to shift to developed countries.”
“Certainly there was a failure of political assistance, but there were much more success.”
Before freezing, the agency was the world’s largest donor. In 2023, the United States received $ 72 billion from the health of women in conflict zones to clean water, HIV/AIDS treatment, energy security, and corruption work.
The USAID provides 42 % of all humanitarian support tracked by the United Nations in 2024, with more than 10,000 staff members.
Which country is the most assisted?
In 2023, Ukraine received $ 14.4 billion from USAID.
Jordan, the second highest recipient, received $ 770 million on USAID. Yemen and Afghanistan received $ 3599 million and $ 332 million.
The USAID is not the only US institution that pays for foreign aid, but is the largest kitten of $ 42.45 billion, and the Ministry of State ($ 19 billion).
What kind of criticism did USAID have been criticized for many years?
The criticism of institutions has risen from agenda to inefficient of foreign policy.
In 2014, the USAID was accused of secretly creating a “Cuba Twitter” called Zunsuneo to make the Cuban government noise. He was also criticized for his secret nature. The USAID has denied that the project is designed to disagree.
In 2023, Mexico President Mexico, according to a letter presented to a journalist, reflects his previous criticism of the US intervention, USAID, usaid, to his government. I asked to stop providing funds to a group.
At that time, President Andres Manuel Lopez Oblador did not specify which Mexico group should stop funding, but in the past, some of his conservative movements on his government. He accused some media organizations.
“The U.S. government has openly provided funds to the legal and legal government, especially through USAID,” he said in a letter. “This is clearly an interventionist, contrary to the relationship between international law, free nation, and sovereign state.”
The United States has long advertised foreign aid programs aimed at strengthening young democracy, but has been using USAID to support friendly authority in the Cold War, including Taiwan and South Korea. A Congo under Mobuz Seseko, which is under military rule and including the Democratic Republic.
Furthermore, recent performance audits, which have been entrusted by the USAID inspection office and conducted by Williams’ independent certified public accounting offices, emphasize Adley & Company, and have the inefficiency and bureaucratic issues facing the institution for indirect cost rates. I emphasized. These charges refer to overhead or management costs that the organization can claim to the federal subsidy or contract.
According to a USAID website survey in 2024, “indirect costs are legal costs for rational, acceptable and allocated and can be assigned.”
The audit shows that the USAID system needs to be improved and has no appropriate surveillance processes connected to indirect costs.
“The USAID has no appropriate documents to support the indirect expenses charged.”
What happens next?
For now, Trump has not made an official announcement that USAID will be closed.
However, many people are afraid that the US funds may hurt Washington’s allies, and have created a vacuum that seeks the enemy to satisfy.
For example, East Europe is a long -standing geopolitical battlefield, and the western foreign policy’s profits often collide with Moscow and Beijing.
China’s influence in Africa, south of Latin America and Sahara, has grown, and has become an increasingly important trade partner and investor in recent years while the United States has reduced assistance.
In October, China Development Bank (CDB) announced that it had provided about $ 160 billion to support hundreds of projects in Latin America. Africa, south of Sahara, received the most assistance from the United States in 2023, but China has gained its presence by providing competitive support.
Senator Koons said that the possibility of the closure of the USAID would create more space for China to expand its power.
“It has weakened American leadership and open the world more open to China’s influence. Coons said on Saturday.