Both are useful in achieveing American political aims abroad, so getting rid of them seems like a bad choice from the perspective of the US government

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    Because his racist hillbilly supporters have been led to believe 10 to 15% of the country’s budget is spend on poor not-white-enough freeloaders in other countries. It’s a populist move.

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      Dullard, you’re doing a great job, demonstrating the need to consider foreign policy and political economy as the main factor, beyond mere culture wars and all that.

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        I’m well aware of the controversial nature of USAID, and I don’t deny that it is possibly desirable to wind it down for moral reasons - although not like that, obviously.

        But I guarantee you Trump isn’t intelligent enough to consider that. He’s just wrecking it as visibly as possible to please his NASCAR-loving fan base.

        Musk on the other hand probably has other motives.