Posted on 02/01/2025 2:22:11 PM PST by DFG
The Trump administration is moving to strip a slimmed-down U.S. Agency for International Development of its independence and put it under State Department control, two sources familiar with the discussions said on Friday, in what would be a significant overhaul of how Washington allocates U.S. foreign aid.
The National Security Council hosted discussions this week on the topic, a person familiar with the matter said. A U.S. official confirmed there have been discussions about such a move but said no final decisions had been made.
The administration last week froze U.S. foreign aid, saying it is conducting a review to ensure the tens of billions of dollars worth of such assistance worldwide is aligned with President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy and not a waste of taxpayer money.
One source said the White House was exploring legal authorities that Trump could use to issue an executive order to end USAID's independence and that he could sign such a directive as soon as Friday night or Saturday.
"Watch USAID tonight," Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a post on X on Friday evening.
It was unclear if Trump has the legal authority to bypass Congress and order USAID's merger into the State Department.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, citing a "rumor" that Trump planned to dissolve USAID as an independent agency, said in an X post that such a move would be "illegal and against our national interests."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
I am really liking this strategy. Do it then make the Dems go fight it in Court.
Odds that Señor Cardenas belongs to a Mexican cartel?
Then do about 20 other things all at the same time. Here are some ideas....
USAID was created in 1961 by JFK via EO. Trump can do what he wants but the State dept has been as bad as USAID or any NGO. There needs to be systemic change with ground rules aka laws, otherwise this all flips back the next time the commies get in.
U.S. Agency for International Development had no supervision?
I’d guess they they were run by the See-Eye-Eh?.
Foggy Bottom is and has been the public face of the CIA since WWII.
Samantha Power will be deeply saddened.
If they are on taxpayer money, they, in no way, should be able to operate independently.
The cartoon would have been better with Trump groundhog pissing on Schifty.
OBAMA’s Samantha Power will be deeply saddened.
Better yet, shut down USAID completely. Color revolutions around the world would immediately decrease by almost 100%.
If only the American people knew what utter evil USAID has participated in over the past decades
USAID employees at state serve as Management Officers, charage d affairs, etc. Most of them are actually CIA. 25% of the over 20,000 fpreign service officer positions e ust in direct relationship to only 15,000 Congressionally authorized foreign service officers/specialists....
Less CIA/USAID in State billets is the correct direction.
After seing so much treason by “Our” state department I do not see this as an improvement.
Just shut them down, and trim the state department by at least 50% too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.