Posted on 02/02/2025 3:56:37 AM PST by Libloather
The website for the US Agency for International Development, or USAid, appeared to be offline on Saturday, as the Trump administration moves to put the free-standing agency, and its current $42.8bn budget for global humanitarian operations, under state department control.
A message stating that the “server IP address could not be found” appeared when attempts were made to access the website on Saturday.
Two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Friday that the Trump administration was moving to strip USAid of its independence as a government agency and put it under state department control.
The apparent failure of the website comes after plaques embossed with the agency’s official seal were removed on Friday, according to Reuters, a sign that the merger into the state department was in the works.
The move comes as the Trump administration has vowed to overhaul the distribution of foreign aid, saying last week it was freezing foreign aid while conducting a review to ensure that assistance worldwide is aligned with Trump’s “America First” foreign policies.
Current and former USAid officials said this week that a purge of senior staff appeared designed to silence any dissent and that bringing the agency under the state department would be a “seismic shift”.
“This moves the United States government to a place where the humanitarian voice will not be in high-level policy discussions,” the official said.
In an opinion column in the Wall Street Journal, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio – who would assume oversight over USAid if it were or had been placed under the state department – outlined a new US diplomatic focus on the western hemisphere.
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nothing.” - Thomas Sowell
LOL!
We love you, Liz! :)
My older brother used to like to travel to the UK a lot years ago. Went on an ‘’ancestry’’ thing to Ireland and all that.
The last time he went was two years ago. And he said “I'm never going back!’’.
After seeing those videos I see for myself what has happened.
It's sad.
So who has the head of the agency been reporting to?
It’s not mine, and I don’t know how to do it. Let’s try something.
Laz, can you put a MAGA hat on the bull? And make it hi-res, suitable for printing as a small poster?
X post: With an annual budget exceeding $50B tax dollars, and activities in over 100 countries, USAID has repeatedly been linked to intelligence activities. Former USAID Director John Gilligan once admitted USAID was “infiltrated from top to bottom with CIA people,” explaining that “the idea was to plant CIA operatives in every kind of USAID activity we had overseas: government, volunteer, religious, every kind.”…
blush.....
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