They just kept taking and taking and taking until it couldn't be took no more.
I think it is appropriate to claw that money back.... all of it. Think of the tax refunds this can fuel.
— Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) (@TFL1728) February 7, 2025
You take their money from them. Then they have nothing. https://t.co/VU65YnuxJP
U.S. AID TO ISRAEL AND EGYPT IS ALSO EXEMPTED FROM THE FREEZE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Shutting down USAID was an olive branch to Putin for the Grand Bargain and end WWIII https://t.co/aNQTL9Cl2k
— Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) (@TFL1728) February 7, 2025
Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman,
One thing noteworthy of course is the feeling of satisfaction from the fact that everything that we talked about presenting facts was fully confirmed after the data on the activities of the structure were disclosed there is truly satisfaction in the fact that we withstood the monstrous onslaught of criticism, accusations, insults, threats when we closed USAID in our country that it was anything but an aid, assistance, and development agency.
RUSSIA WELCOMES THE U.S. DECISION TO SHUT DOWN USAID AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DESCRIBES USAID AS A "MACHINE FOR INTERFERING" IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS
USAID WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, FUNDING GLOBAL HEALTH AND EMERGENCY PROGRAMS
IT ALSO PROMOTED DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES IN OVER 120 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE WORLD'S POOREST REGIONS
U.S. RIVALS, INCLUDING RUSSIA, SEE USAID'S WORK AS A KEY SOURCE OF U.S. SOFT POWER AND INFLUENCE
"It is an intervention machine in internal affairs, it is a mechanism for, . . . I don't know, changing regimes, political systems, the state structure. It's like some kind of Terminator, but it is definitely not a helper, . . . And it is definitely outside the framework of both Russian legislation and international law."
"One thing noteworthy of course is the feeling of satisfaction from the fact that everything that we talked about presenting facts . . . was fully confirmed after the data on the activities of the structure were disclosed. There is truly satisfaction in the fact that we withstood the monstrous onslaught of criticism . . . accusations, insults, threats when we closed USAID in our country, . . . . saying that it was anything but aid, assistance, and development agency."
EARLIER AMID TRUMP CRACKDOWN, USAID HAD ITS WEBSITE VANISH WITHOUT EXPLANATION
TRUMP CRITICIZED USAID, CALLING IT "RUN BY A BUNCH OF RADICAL LUNATICS"
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS PLACED AT LEAST 60 SENIOR U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
REPORTS SAY THE MOVE AIMS TO SUPPRESS DISSENT OVER CHANGES IN U.S. FOREIGN AID POLICIES
THE SUSPENSION IS PART OF TRUMP'S LARGER EFFORT TO RESTRUCTURE FOREIGN AID SPENDING
IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHEN THE USAID EMPLOYEES WILL RETURN OR IF EXEMPTIONS WILL BE GRANTED
THE 90-DAY PAUSE IN FOREIGN AID HAS CAUSED HALTS IN PROGRAMS AND LAYOFFS GLOBALLY
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE EXEMPTED ONLY EMERGENCY FOOD AND MILITARY AID FROM FREEZE
U.S. AID TO ISRAEL AND EGYPT IS ALSO EXEMPTED FROM THE FREEZE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
