The website and X account for the US Agency International Development (USAID) went offline on Saturday amid President Trump’s pause on foreign aid as reports say his administration may bring USAID under the State Department.
Funding to USAID has been paused for a 90-day review period that is being overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to a report from Reuters, the Trump administration is considering scaling down USAID and putting it under the State Department.
The overhaul from USAID has reportedly faced resistance from its employees. CNN reported that two senior USAID officials were suspended after refusing to let members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access the agency’s systems and files.
While USAID presents itself as an aid organization that helps those in need in foreign countries, in reality, it is a soft power arm of the US and its intelligence agencies. Much of the USAID’s spending goes toward funding political parties and opposition groups that the US prefers, as well as media outlets.
For example, the pause on foreign aid cut funding to more than 30 Iranian opposition organizations and media outlets, according to BBC Persia. The pause also impacted many pro-NATO Ukrainian media outlets.
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, outlined how many foreign governments view USAID in a post on X.
“Most governments don’t want USAID funds flowing into their countries because they understand where much of that money actually ends up. While marketed as support for development, democracy, and human rights, the majority of these funds are funneled into opposition groups, NGOs with political agendas, and destabilizing movements,” Bukele wrote on X.
“At best, maybe 10% of the money reaches real projects that help people in need (there are such cases), but the rest is used to fuel dissent, finance protests, and undermine administrations that refuse to align with the globalist agenda. Cutting this so-called aid isn’t just beneficial for the United States; it’s also a big win for the rest of the world,” he added.
The intel crooks do not want an audit, they want to keep shoveling our money out for their "projects".
Thankfully this scam organization was shut down!
I always wondered when PUBLICLY funded PBS and NPR would be forced to defend their blatantly partisan political reporting:
https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1886457461986480418
Whenever I call for de-funding NPR/PBS, there’s one really weird defense: “Not that much of their funding is taxpayer money.”
And that’s true. IIRC, it’s somewhere between 8% and 12% of their funding.
To which my reply is “well, then why not get rid of those strings and do whatever you want — I might donate then, but I won’t as long as you’re taking it without asking.”
“Not that much of their funding is taxpayer money.” $525 MILLION in public monies is a lot of loot. I’m sure anti-War.com would love to get that kind of money from the government to fund this website.
Unless there was some kind of massive change of leadership and philosophy, not only would Antiwar.com not “love to get that kind of money from the government,” Antiwar.com would refuse to accept it at all.
The late Justin Raimondo refused to even appear on state media.
antiwar.com would be damn foolish to accept government funding.
Look at what has happened to post secondary education in the US. Nearly all schools accept federal subsidies. The Feds are using those ties to control the schools every way possible.
It appears 90% of USAID is spent to promote US hegemony…! Cutting the aid would be a path to demote the hegemon…! Self defeatism…!