{"id":13546,"date":"2025-02-19T00:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=13546"},"modified":"2025-02-19T00:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:15:39","slug":"trump-and-musks-doge-gut-usaid-millions-of-lives-hang-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2025\/02\/19\/trump-and-musks-doge-gut-usaid-millions-of-lives-hang-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Musk\u2019s DOGE gut USAID, Millions of Lives Hang in the Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Andrew Travis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff Writer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"ose-gettyimages ose-uid-4cc5e61f7db4e20f49be5ec0da550347 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:723px; height:623px; max-height:623px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"GettyImages\"><a id=\"jDOIBOvgR7ViFiaCTfsnzw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2197486320\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"jDOIBOvgR7ViFiaCTfsnzw\",sig:\"x_vv8Vgs9Y9XEClQOLkG1RBhr7HLnWjhMtx0wSwgoGQ=\",w:\"594px\",h:\"445px\",items:\"2197486320\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', '')\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of President Donald Trump\u2019s broader aim to downsize the federal government, one of his first orders of business following his inauguration was to place a freeze on all United States aid abroad. On January 24, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2025\/01\/24\/g-s1-44643\/trump-foreign-aid-assistance-pause\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that the State Department issued a \u2018stop work\u2019 order to all international aid programs reliant on U.S. funding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The executive order by Trump directly targeted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which funds projects in over 120 countries, providing global humanitarian assistance such as disease prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, hospital support in war-torn Syria, and demining efforts in Southeast Asia, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/usaid-hiv-humanitarian-assistance-disease-spending-20f9cb969ffb6773e57886e34bf69165\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. According to President Trump, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-issues-new-waiver-humanitarian-aid-amid-freeze-2025-01-29\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports, the pause was put in place to review the aid contributions of the U.S. and see if they align with his \u201cAmerica First\u201d foreign policy. According to another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2025\/02\/11\/g-s1-47661\/trump-musk-usaid-ukraine-south-africa-mexico-colombia-india-afghanistan-hiv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> article, President Trump accused USAID of \u201cwidespread waste\u201d in a recent press conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before halting its operations, USAID possessed a foreign aid budget of over $40 billion for the year 2023, which is all but frozen, while Elon Musk\u2019s \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d (DOGE) is actively working to shutter the agency. In a post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1886102414194835755?mx=2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, formerly Twitter, Musk claims: \u201cUSAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.\u201d According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2025\/02\/02\/what-to-know-about-trumps-usaid-changes-after-elon-musks-doge-accesses-classified-info\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forbes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, neither Musk nor President Trump has provided evidence for their claims regarding USAID. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/02\/politics\/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that two top security officials at USAID were put on administrative leave after denying members of DOGE access to the agency\u2019s internal systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the initial aftermath of the freeze, Secretary of State Marco Rubio initially gave an exemption for emergency food assistance. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-issues-new-waiver-humanitarian-aid-amid-freeze-2025-01-29\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that the exemption was changed to a waiver for \u201clife-saving\u201d humanitarian assistance. However, it left many humanitarian organizations that depend on USAID for funding unsure of the future of their projects. Despite the provision to allow life-saving aid work to continue, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/usaid-waivers-rubio.html?auth=login-google1tap&amp;login=google1tap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that the programs that have received the waivers have not been able to continue the work because the program that disburses aid funds has been \u201cinaccessible for weeks.\u201d This issue affects agencies like the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), which has halted HIV treatment, testing, and prevention services in 50 countries, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/czj3z290ngyo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a lawsuit filed by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afsa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/afsa-et-al-v-trump-et-al-2025-02-06.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> against the Trump administration, more than 1,000 employees were locked out of their computer accounts, even those in war zones. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/1\/29\/tyres-burned-embassies-attacked-in-dr-congos-kinshasa-protests\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that USAID employees ordered to return from their positions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had to escape as violent protests and demonstrations against the Rwandan-backed M23 offensive filled Kinshasa in late January. A website tracking lost jobs since the stop work order on January 24, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaidstopwork.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">USAID Stop Work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, reports that over 11,000 jobs were lost between USAID employees and development contractors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since its inception under President Kennedy in 1961, USAID has functioned as an instrument of the U.S.\u2019s soft power, which President Trump is jeopardizing by effectively shutting down the U.S.\u2019s foreign assistance. There are concerns that the absence of U.S. aid in regions around the world will create opportunities for rival powers eager to gain the soft power influence that the U.S. holds today. For example, in 2015, USAID played a role in the negotiations for the opening of the U.S. military base Camp Lemonnier, the U.S.\u2019s only permanent military base in Africa. As part of the negotiation package, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/us-djibouti-reach-agreement-to-keep-counterterrorism-base-in-horn-of-africa-nation\/2014\/05\/05\/0965412c-d488-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that Djibouti President Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh requested a USAID project to address unemployment in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Between 2016 and 2021, USAID implemented a development project to improve Djiboutian workforce readiness by strengthening job placement, retention, and advancement services. The project directly influenced the successful renegotiation of the military base lease\u2014an example of the kind of influence and soft power that the Trump administration and DOGE risk losing with their dismantling of USAID and the U.S. aid mandate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are challenges to President Trump\u2019s attack on USAID. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/us\/politics\/judge-trump-usaid.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports that on February 13, Federal Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia filed a restraining order to stall the efforts of the Trump administration. Rulings on the lawsuits brought forward by groups like the American Bar Association and USAID contractors are waiting to be ruled on in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the USAID website remains dormant as the legal battle over the future of United States development and humanitarian work heats up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of\u00a0<em>Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of President Donald Trump\u2019s broader aim to downsize the federal government, one of his first orders of business following his inauguration was to place a freeze on all United States aid abroad. 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