{"id":2163,"date":"2025-02-04T12:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/illegal-maneuver-democratic-lawmakers-oppose-merging-usaid-under-state-department\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:04:16","slug":"illegal-maneuver-democratic-lawmakers-oppose-merging-usaid-under-state-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/illegal-maneuver-democratic-lawmakers-oppose-merging-usaid-under-state-department\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Illegal maneuver’ \u2014 Democratic lawmakers oppose merging USAID under State Department"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"'Illegal<\/p>\n

Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Feb. 3 protested the merging of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the State Department, warning that the decision threatens global aid programs, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty reported.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting administrator<\/a> of USAID, according to a statement published on Feb. 3. The announcement came shortly after Trump’s ally Elon Musk<\/a> claimed that he had the president’s support in shutting down the agency.<\/p>\n

Members of Congress gathered<\/a> outside the USAID<\/a> headquarters in Washington, condemning what they called an “illegal maneuver<\/a>” by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk, who Trump has tasked with reducing the size of the federal government.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers also protested reports<\/a> that USAID employees had been ordered not to report to work and were locked out of government email and accounts. The Congress members accused Musk<\/a> of interfering in U.S. foreign aid programs while his companies, including SpaceX, continue to receive Pentagon contracts.<\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s beyond repair\u2019 \u2014 Musk aims to shut down USAID, claims Trump\u2019s backing<\/div>\n
\u201cWith regards to the USAID stuff, I went over it with (the president) in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,\u201d Elon Musk said during a conversation on X Spaces.<\/div>\n
\"'IllegalThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Tim Zadorozhnyy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"'Illegal<\/div>\n

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“Elon Musk is a terrible president,” Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota and the running mate of the unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, posted<\/a> on X, alluding to what some see as the billionaire’s oversized influence in the new administration.<\/p>\n

USAID, the U.S. government’s primary foreign aid agency<\/a>, funds programs in global health, clean water access, energy security, and civil society. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion<\/a> of Ukraine, USAID has provided $2.6 billion in humanitarian aid, $5 billion in development assistance, and over $30 billion in direct budget support to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

The administration’s move has effectively frozen all foreign assistance<\/a> for at least 90 days, halting USAID-funded projects worldwide while the administration carries out a review.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 3, the White House announced<\/a>, “Under President Trump, the waste, fraud, and abuse ends now,” criticizing USAID for misusing taxpayer money on supposedly “ridiculous” projects. The “waste and abuse programs” list included nothing related to Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s humanitarian and information policy parliamentary committee has begun consultations<\/a> with European partners to temporarily replace U.S. funding.<\/p>\n

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US foreign aid transformed Ukraine. Its suspension threatens decades of work<\/div>\n
Editor\u2019s Note: The Kyiv Independent isn\u2019t a recipient of U.S. foreign aid, and its funding wasn\u2019t affected by the aid freeze. With the stroke of a pen, U.S. President Donald Trump last week put a freeze on projects that have helped Ukraine become freer and<\/div>\n
\"'IllegalThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Daria Shulzhenko<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"'Illegal<\/div>\n

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– https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n

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