But President Trump was less definitive about shuttering the agency, telling reporters on Sunday night that USAID was run by "a bunch of radical lunatics".
"We're getting them out," he said, "and then we'll make a decision."
This is pretty wild considering USAID is an extension of the state department, sits with the National Security Council, and closely works with the CIA. However you feel about USAID, the point of the org is to prevent humanitarian crises from becoming more expensive security issues.
If the argument is that the USAID is too left leaning, oh boy I can't imagine what they have in store.
In a way the argument doesn't matter, because there's a good chance it's just a lie they don't believe themselves.
Fascists will prioritize accumulating power, even if that means destroying previous allies. They don't care whether you think some of they ways they do, you've got something and they want it and might makes right.
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This is pretty wild considering USAID is an extension of the state department, sits with the National Security Council, and closely works with the CIA. However you feel about USAID, the point of the org is to prevent humanitarian crises from becoming more expensive security issues.
If the argument is that the USAID is too left leaning, oh boy I can't imagine what they have in store.
In a way the argument doesn't matter, because there's a good chance it's just a lie they don't believe themselves.
Fascists will prioritize accumulating power, even if that means destroying previous allies. They don't care whether you think some of they ways they do, you've got something and they want it and might makes right.