Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“The Trump administration suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this week. The move, labeled a ‘Monday afternoon massacre,’ was spurred by allegations that top USAID officials were circumventing President Trump’s ninety day freeze on foreign aid disbursements. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) howled on Twitter that ‘Trump decimating USAID’s leadership without cause is all harm & no benefit for our national security.’ But the sordid record of failed aid programs doesn’t support his caterwauling. Foreign aid has long been the incarnation of American benevolence — at least according to the Washington elite. But presidents have sporadically conceded otherwise for more than sixty years.” (01/29/25)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2025/01/29/trump-freezes-foreign-aid-frauds/