Summary
Trump’s 90-day freeze on USAID funding, intended to curb wasteful spending, has led to at least 12,700 American job losses, especially in North Carolina, a major recipient of USAID contracts.
Contractors, universities, and small businesses tied to USAID face layoffs, financial uncertainty, and lawsuits challenging the freeze.
Critics argue the move harms US workers more than foreign aid recipients.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No they didn’t. They did it because USAID was investigating Space X for shutting off starlink nodes Ukraine was using against russia (which USAID paid for,)
And also, there’s a forensic election team that goes around reviewing elections for troubled places and that team is a crack team of experts that’s housed by USAID.
and, as a benefit all that money they “saved” gets to be a tax cut to billionaire assholes.