USAID will no longer send foreign assistance across the globe, with the State Department taking over any such programs that President Donald Trump’s administration wishes to continue, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday.
The State Department will take over foreign assistance programs beginning July 1, he said.
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USAID is over, folks. It’s dead. It was part of a multi-phase shut down that began when the Department of Government Efficiency exposed the agency as a vessel for the wealthy and powerful. The political class got their slush fund busted. It was whittled down to a nub by DOGE, then absorbed into the State Department, and now Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed its final death warrant (via Fox News):
USAIDwillnolongersendforeignassistanceacrosstheglobe,withtheStateDepartmenttakingoveranysuchprogramsthatPresidentDonaldTrump’sadministrationwishestocontinue,SecretaryofStateMarcoRubioannouncedTuesday.
RubiomadetheannouncementinaTuesdaystatement,sayingUSAIDhadfordecadesfailedtoensuretheprogramsitfundedactuallysupportedAmerica’sinterests.TheStateDepartmentwi
