The Year-Long Experiment Killing Foreign Aid Has Been a Disaster

A Rohingya man carries USAID packages as he transports them to a warehouse at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

I’ve dedicated a major part of my life and career to the cause of foreign aid, so it was heartbreaking to see it scorned and set back by the Trump administration. And yet, this heartbreak pales in comparison to the needless suffering loss of life and careers caused by the administration’s reckless and cruel dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and evisceration of foreign aid.

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