Blame the ”Radical Lunatics” for Imperiling Foreign Assistance

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been closed down by the Trump team.

Those who believe such aid can be an important tool for countering the immense influence operations of China, Qatar, and others working against our interests have always faced widespread public sentiment that our money would be better spent at home. Now, they must contend with growing evidence that USAID was a massive political slush fund for various radical leftist causes abroad and even here.

Revelations that the agency, for example, underwrote a left-wing domestic media outlet, Politico, celebrities’ visits to support Ukraine’s president, “Woke” indoctrination, and feeding Hezbollah argue powerfully for a complete reboot.

If assistance that can be an important foreign policy tool suffers enduring harm, the blame will rest squarely with those responsible for such abuses – like Biden’s “radical lunatic” former AID Director, Samantha Power.

This is Frank Gaffney.