USAID: Why Does Anyone Care?
Simon Whistler · June 16, 2025 · 36 min video · Americas
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Waste, fraud, and abuse. Those with the charges levied against the United States Agency for International Development, better known as USAID, when its operations and funding were frozen in January of 2025.
In the following months, USAID has been all but dismantled, relegated to just a handful of pencil-pushing staff in a dusty, ignored corner of the U.S. State Department.
Facing a fire and brimstone assault from U.S. President Donald Trump in his inner circle, the gutted organization and its supporters proved unable to stand against the tide. According to the people who defended it, USAID was responsible for saving millions of lives across the globe and giving tens of millions more a chance to thrive.
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USAID saved millions of lives—but critics say it wasted billions and fed corruption. With the agency now gutted under Trump, we ask: was it worth saving, or overdue for demolition?
