Summary
Trump is withdrawing nearly all USAID workers worldwide, effectively dismantling the agency.
Staff must return within 30 days unless deemed essential, while foreign aid programs, including security assistance and disease response, are halted.
Critics warn the move undermines U.S. influence and violates congressional authority. The American Foreign Service Association is preparing legal action.
The shutdown leaves billions in aid stranded, disrupts global projects, and forces employees into abrupt relocations with limited support.
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Facts are facts, regardless: "It has also emerged that nefarious activities by USAID were well documented across the globe.
There are reports that USAID built a fake Cuban Twitter platform called ZunZuneo, designed to lure young users and slowly feed them anti-government content to spark protests and was funded in secret through shell companies.
The plan collapsed when exposed in 2014.
USAID was accused of funding regime change in Venezuela after it poured millions into opposition groups trying to overthrow the leaders of that country, President Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
It trained activists, bankrolled anti-government media, and was linked to the failed 2002 coup against President Chávez.
In 2014, USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy poured money into opposition groups and media in Ukraine.
Other countries where it was accused of meddling in political affairs include Bolivia, Haiti and Afghanistan."