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Eugene

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 04:56 PM Mar 20

New Leak Reveals Plan to Rebuild USAID in Trump's Image

Related: Trump aides circulate plan for complete revamp of foreign aid programs (Politico)

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Source: The Daily Beast

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New Leak Reveals Plan to Rebuild USAID in Trump’s Image

The overhaul includes renaming the agency and severely limiting its scope.

Kenneal Patterson
Breaking News Intern

Updated Mar. 20 2025 1:08PM EDT
Published Mar. 19 2025 7:06PM EDT

The Trump administration has finally released their plan on how they’re restructuring USAID.

The new scheme comes only weeks after President Donald Trump teamed up with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk to slash government agencies through the Department of Energy Efficient (DOGE), forcing thousands of USAID employees from their jobs. Around 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts were eliminated.

Now, according to Politico, Trump wants to make USAID smaller and limit its focus, ensuring that it only takes on issues like global health, food security, disaster response, and anything that helps the administration take on China. Under the proposal, the organization’s new name will be the U.S. Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance.

All “politically oriented” programs that Trump wants to continue, like promoting democracy or empowering women, will be moved under the State Department.

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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-leak-reveals-plan-to-rebuild-usaid-in-trumps-image/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/leak-reveals-plan-rebuild-usaid-230623776.html

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New Leak Reveals Plan to Rebuild USAID in Trump's Image (Original Post) Eugene Mar 20 OP
Trump Trash Heap continues NotHardly Mar 20 #1
In Trump's image... So they are going to turn it into an extortion racket? Trust_Reality Mar 20 #2
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