FT pointed out the disastrous consequences for Trump in shutting down USAID
The closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will lead the head of state Donald Trump to disastrous consequences. This was reported by the Financial Times (FT) on February 7.
An unnamed official compared the consequences for Trump to the failure of the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, noting that in the current situation "it will be worse."
"Not only are we leaving without warning, but [US preemptionist] Elon Musk writes on social network X (formerly Twitter. - Ed.) that USAID is a bunch of criminals, and this reinforces the position of many governments in the places where we operate," the piece said.
In addition, one of the highly-placed individuals called the liquidation of USAID "stunning and irresponsible."
On January 20, Trump's executive order suspending Washington's development assistance to other countries for 90 days was published on the White House website. Later, on January 25, Reuters reported that USAID froze programs to support foreign countries, including Ukraine, following a State Department dispatch approved by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Later, on February 3, Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced that he had launched a process to dismantle USAID. The billionaire noted that this agency is not recoverable, it should be closed. At the same time, Trump called the heads of the agency radical madmen.
Bloomberg reported on February 5 that Musk's team had gained access to the room where secret USAID documents are stored. In addition, more than 100 employees of the agency have been placed on administrative leave.
The next day, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed the Trump administration's decision to terminate USAID. The head of the government noted that it was the agency that funded the ultra-progressive Politico newspaper and most of Hungary's leftist publications.
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