(TheProudRepublic.com) – Raising eyebrows and reaffirming the administration’s America First commitment, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has canceled a massive 83% of USAID programs, canceling 5,200 contracts that wasted tens of billions of taxpayer dollars.
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The decisive move follows a thorough six-week assessment by Rubio’s team and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which found these programs failed to serve American interests.
After decades of unchecked spending, the Trump administration is finally bringing accountability to foreign aid.
The cuts affect programs that collectively managed over $40 billion in fiscal year 2023 alone, redirecting those resources toward Americans rather than foreign initiatives that often work against U.S. interests.
Secretary Rubio stated, “After a 6 week review, we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID,” demonstrating the administration’s commitment to fiscal responsibility over globalist priorities.
He added, “The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.”
Meanwhile, the State Department will administer the remaining 1,000 programs deemed beneficial to America, ensuring proper oversight and alignment with the administration’s priorities.
This reorganization ends decades of wasteful spending that began when USAID was founded in 1961.
Musk’s DOGE team led the efficiency review, which President Trump established to root out government waste and bring business-minded accountability to federal spending.
After reviewing the findings, Musk called the decision “Tough but necessary” – a sentiment shared by millions of Americans tired of watching their tax dollars shipped overseas for dubious returns.
While the left-wing establishment predictably opposes the cuts, these changes represent exactly what President Trump promised—putting America first and ending wasteful foreign spending.
Despite legal challenges from the foreign aid industrial complex, the administration is pressing forward with its commitment to American taxpayers.
The decision follows President Trump’s executive order that initially froze foreign assistance funding at the start of his second term.
Critics of the move have turned to the courts, with a federal judge ruling against some aspects of the implementation.
Still, the administration remains committed to its overarching goal of redirecting billions away from ineffective foreign programs.
This historic overhaul represents the Trump administration’s dedication to dismantling the bloated bureaucracy that has shaped American foreign policy for decades.
By bringing rational business principles to government spending, the administration is fulfilling its promise to drain the swamp and prioritize American interests over global initiatives that rarely benefit the citizens footing the bill.
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