This week, a massive firefight broke out between Democrats and Team Trump over the White House takeover of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The USAID managed approximately $40 billion in fiscal year 2023; its original mandate, established under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, was to spread American influence across the globe through aid to various governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Over time, however, USAID morphed into a piggy bank for a wide variety of international organizations with agendas ranging from green energy policy to the spread of left-wing gender and racial politics.
President Donald Trump tasked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency with taking charge of the agency for purposes of assessing possible cuts. When Musk’s team, including a variety of talented young men, entered the offices, they were barred from access…
