I’m sure it won’t include the rediculous things we were paying for.

We were set up, bring USAID back, we don’t need Russia filling our void. It’s like Elon and Donnie and Vlad cooked up this together( cue : the Keystone Kops!)

Russia can do this now with the lessening of sanctions oversight and Putin not having to worry about Ukraines' (US) weapons raining down on them. American electorate failed Ukraine bigly.

It's too late. Xi has been working that for a while already.

Of course

China will, maybe. Ukraine is still cooking Russia. EU and Ukraine may, they are bigger than Russia and its ally, the USA.

They'll be jockeying with China, and I think eventually China will win. They have more money and human resources to throw around than Russia.

Also, they (China) already have a foothold in building infrastructure worldwide. "Humanitarian Aid" won't be a hard sell in nations participating in "Belt and Road" operations.

Of course. Desperate, starving people will be getting food and supplies in boxes marked "Russia" instead of "USA". It's almost as if Donald Trump is Russia's propaganda minister.

& China

dismantling USAID may be the most enduring foreign policy mistake in my lifetime... the damage it does to others is unfathomable, but setting that aside, it has the potential and probability to fundamentally cripple America forever. a truly stunning fold by the GOP.

Well said!

The idea for abandoning it was almost certainly fomented by Russians with a direct line to the current administration.

Don't forget about China

So shutting down USAID was a gift to Putin, who would’ve guessed /s

That’s all part of the PLAN to TURN THE WORLD AGAINST AMERICA by having THE FELON STOP ALL INTERNATIONAL AIDE so Russia can swoop in & do it to get all the ADMIRATION & GOODWILL Americans USED to enjoy bc that’s what WE always did until THE FELON turned US into HATED RUSSIA for Putin!

No chance is Russia. China will.

The U.S. had a GREAT program providing positive benefits throughout the World with USAID. Trump had it killed. So Putin will recreate the beneficial program with Russia benefiting from its usefulness.

tRump and Elmo pissed away decades of trust and influence. Such a shortsighted and ignorant move.

Nature abhors a vacuum. We move off the board, someone else fills in, good or bad. USAID was always about our national security, don't be fooled we saved any money.

Oh fuck!

I think theRump is playing the role of Pootin's pawn perfectly, he's on a roll to keep America sick and broke leading to desperate citizens and an oligarchy. Just like Russia.

Russia *says* that. But Russia doesn’t have the money to have an organisation on the scale of USAID. China, on the other hand, could pull it off.

China IS pulling it off. They've been working this angle for a couple of decades...

Brick and Road—

Exactly.

It is the Chinese who will seize the opportunity. The Russians don't have the money, and they are at war.

Wow, this is very interesting, and begs the question to what extent it was planned.

Thank a republican evey day for the destruction of America by a traitorous idiot.

Great fucking job, MAGA.

I was told that international aid, even if it comes with strings attached and is used to benefit national hegemony, is still good. So why is this bad?

Crock how do I maximise grifting? Have you thought about finding like minded actors or those you can blackmail thank you for your attention to this matter.

Cranyendolten shudders—red ghost at the door, "Evermore," it moans.

I figured China is doing most of it.

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At this point, I’m just happy someone might fill the void.

Meanwhile, Russians are doing dental work on themselves. Seems like we have a lot more in common with the Russian people than we think.

Shouldn’t they be helping their own people first?

I don't think Russia has the muscles or ability in general needed to do this at a large scale. China on the other hand could do it easily, and perhaps the EU to a degree.

😳

Even Nixon was a better president than trump could ever dream of being. And that's saying a lot. Joe Biden was a compassionate, decent, honest, man whom I believe truly cared about all Americans, not just those who voted for him. Now we have a wanna be dictator that only cares about cruelty & greed.

Is all lies from Russia. They do not have the wherewithal to do that. Is all smoke and mirror. Lies upon lies coming from Russia.

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Russia was my second guess, after china. Is the EU trying to step up at all?

There goes Trump again, #SquanderingAmericasGreatness. Helping feed much of an entire continent has been hugely beneficial in creating Goodwill towards America for generations. Trump is thrown that all away and we won’t get it back with the closure of #USAID.

Funny thing: Marco Rubio, before decided to trade his dignity and conscience for power, predicted this in one of the Republican primary debates before the 2016 election. He asked, if the US withdraws from the world, who would fill the void and did we really want that?

how's Putin gonna fund this? lol pure propaganda

Because it was a good idea and he got us out of the way.

China is way ahead…

China has already been doing this. It’s why Africa is closer aligned with China than the US.

Honestly, I was expecting China. I think I still am, despite any reporting from The Moscow Times.

As if that were the plan all along.