Source: Common Dreams
by Ben Cohen
“USAID is by no means a perfect organization. It has a long and storied history—some of it good, some of it bad. On the one hand, it provides food for starving people, helps prevent and treat HIV, and provides disaster relief and support. On the other hand, it harms the development of agriculture in client states, acts as a front for the CIA, and meddles in the internal affairs of other countries to the detriment of popular grassroots movements. There’s waste and inefficiency in any large-scale human undertaking. USAID is no exception. If only we humans were as efficient as ants. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk chose to take a chainsaw and cut down the entire USAID tree rather than prune the dead and diseased wood.” (02/26/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-balls-pentagon-spending