The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which began in 1961 to provide humanitarian aid and development, has been officially closed under the Trump administration. Thousands of contracts have been canceled and many employees let go. The State Department criticized USAID for not aligning with U.S. national interests and appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Acting Administrator. Experts from previous administrations voiced serious concerns about the transition, stating that the State Department is ill-equipped to manage the agency’s programming. Significant infrastructure development will be required to manage global aid programs moving forward.
The U.S. State Department stated that USAID has long strayed from its original mission, with significant portions of its funding no longer aligned with the U.S. national interests.
Reorganization of USAID into the State Department was described as "an absolute train wreck" by former USAID officials, indicating serious concerns about managing remaining aid programs.
Andrew Natsios expressed that it could take at least five to seven years to establish the infrastructure required for managing complex global aid programs after the transition.
The systematic dismantling of USAID under the Trump administration included canceling thousands of contracts and laying off numerous employees globally.
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