Ending USAID will 'create enmity': US allies 'who counted on America now left abandoned and bereft'
The Trump administration's abrupt move to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has upended the lives of thousands of American employees and family members posted overseas, leaving them facing costly and difficult decisions. A US judge said he would enter a "very limited" temporary order blocking the Trump administration's changes to the agency, but the fate of its staff remained uncertain.For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee welcomes Reed Brody, former New York Assistant Attorney General Reed Brody. Mr. Brody is currently an ICJ Commissioner, Human Rights Lawyer, War Crimes Prosecutor, and Author of 'To Catch a Dictator'. According Mr. Brody, USAID actually 'protects America': 'A world with less disease, hunger and unrest is a world that is better for America'.
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USAID lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump administration froze foreign funding and idled staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.
