The president of Rwanda left Larry Madowo from CNN Zangt when he shared his position about Donald Trump's step to dismantle the American Bureau for International Development.
Paul Kagame, 67, who has been in the top track since 2000, has put the foreign correspondent of the network on the ground when he 'fully corresponded' to the enormous cuts of the Trump for the government agency.
Trump revealed that he would close the entire organization, which provides billions of dollars in humanitarian aid in overseas on Friday.
“Close it!” Trump, 78, wrote about USAID on Truth Social on Friday morning, while also accused the agency of unbridled corruption and fraud.
He had previously claimed that the desk was 'run by radical madmen'.
“President Trump has unconventional ways to do things … I totally agree with him about many things,” said Kagame during the special.
Madowo, an international correspondent for the left-wing outlet, then questioned Kagame about his attitude, while pointing out that the East African country 'depends on some American aid' for health care and development.
“Even if it will hurt you because Rwanda depends on what American help to finance your health care and development?” Madowo investigated.
Paul Kagame, 67, who has been the president of the African country since 2000, has brought the CNN -Buitlandse Correspondent to the ground when he 'fully corresponded' to Trump's mass cutbacks at the government agency
Larry Madowo (left), an international correspondent for the left-wing outlet, then questioned Kagame (right) about his attitude, while pointing out that the East African country 'depends on some American aid' for healthcare and development
“I think we may learn some lessons by being injured,” Kagame replied.
USAID is one of the federal agencies that are most the target of the Trump administration in an escalating action against the federal government and many of its programs.
'It is run by a set of radical lunatica. And we get them out, “Trump told reporters about USAID on Sunday evening.
Trump, his closest ally, now called 'First Buddy', Elon Musk and some Republican legislators have focused on the agency in increasingly strong terms, and accused the promotion of liberal causes.
The agency was established to offer humanitarian aid abroad, but it received the ax after it was declared 'irreparable' by the new Trump administration.
USAID employees were instructed to stay out of the office's DC headquarters on Monday after Musk announced that the president agreed with him to close the desk.
The billionaire 'First Buddy', which leads a civil evaluation of the federal government through the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has claimed that the Agency is a 'criminal organization'.
“It became clear that it is not an apple with a worm that is in it,” said Musk in a live session on X spaces start Monday. “What we have is just a ball worms. You actually have to get rid of the whole thing. It is irreparable. '
“We close it.”
President Donald Trump, 78, shocked that he closed the entire agency, which provides billions of dollars to humanitarian aid on Friday
USAID is one of the federal agencies that are most the target of the Trump administration in an escalating action against the federal government and many of its programs. Shown: An employee removes the signage outside the United States Agency for International Aid Building after President Trump and Musk called to be closed
USAID, whose website has disappeared on Saturday without explanation, manages billions of dollars in humanitarian, development and security programs in around 120 countries.
It was founded in 1961 under President John F Kennedy to “lead American efforts to alleviate poverty, illness and humanitarian needs, and helps to support American commercial interests through the economic growth of developing countries and the capacity of developing countries to participate in The World Trade ', according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
The emergency agency, which managed more than $ 40 million in 2023, employs more than 10,000 people – with around two -thirds that serves abroad.
The countries that received the most funds managed by the USAID in 2023 were Ukraine, Ethiopia, Jordan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nigeria, South Sudan and Syria.
The largest financing sectors in USAID have been related to health since the 1990s, with the agency donating billions to combat HIV/AIDS around the world.
Apart from funds for humanitarian aid such as food and medicine, USAID also finances pro-democracy NGOs that focus on education and legal aid in places under authoritarian regimes.
People protest for the American Capitol against the management of President Trump's decision to virtually close the United States Agency for International Development
Tribute will be placed on 7 February under the covered seal of the American Bureau for International Development at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on 7 February
The agency also helped to finance pro-democracy projects such as independent media in countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, Venezuela and Mozambique. According to the Center for International Media Assistance, the US government is the largest public donor of independent media development worldwide – largely via USAID.
USAID has also funded Pro-LGBTQ initiatives, such as a group in Serbia called 'Grupa Izadji', which translates into 'Group Come Out' in English.
Former Obama administration company in the United Nations, Samantha Power, led the agency during the period of Joe Biden.
While the official USAID website is closed, an archive page of the first Trump government describes its mission as 'promoting and demonstrating democratic values ​​and promoting a free, peaceful and prosperous world'.
