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Fact Check: Was USAID a Leftist Money Laundering Scheme?

By C. Douglas Golden February 7, 2025 at 8:30am

It’s unclear whether the U.S. Agency for International Development has been officially shuttered or essentially commandeered by the State Department, but one thing is clear: President Donald Trump’s administration plans to do away with the agency as we know it.

Founded during the John F. Kennedy Administration, USAID was supposed to be an emissary for America’s goodwill to the poorest of the geopolitical poor, building their economies and infrastructure.

And that’s what it still does, say Democrats, who claim that USAID has been unfairly targeted by conservatives and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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Big government, Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump, Fact check, Foreign aid, Government spending, Joni Ernst, State Department, Trump administration

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

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Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

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English, Spanish

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American Politics, World Politics, Culture