On Friday, when most of America wasn't paying attention, heading out for the holidays, Trump signed an Exec Order transferring ALL control over foreign aid from State to OMB. whitehouse.gov/presidential... This will destroy American overseas programs. Here's why (MORE)
2/US programs for everything from #famine relief & #HIV care to safe pregnancy efforts & building electricity grids have won America friends in the world & saved 100s of millions of lives. They were nested in the State Dept so our diplomats on the ground can oversee them. MORE
3/ By moving foreign aid out of State & into OMB, programs for saving starving children, rescuing families from catastrophes, teaching kids to read, stopping epidemics -- ALL of that now falls under the control of Russell Vought. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/people/russe... Who is Vought? MORE
4/Vought's a self-described Christian Nationalist who headed Project 2025. He's out to fire people. theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want to put them in trauma.” MORE
5/Project 2025 isn't "conservative" about foreign aid, development & global health programs -- no, it is militantly opposed, claiming ALL such programs push climate change, gender and vaccine "propaganda" and line the corrupt pockets of NGOs. t.co/M4GTfC8jZi MORE
6/White House honcho Stephen Miller: "We looked at #USAID as an example...98% of the workforce either donated to Kamala Harris or another left wing candidate." Firing PEPFAR & USAID workers purges "left-wingers" out of government, Vought & Miller insist. wbur.org/onpoint/2025... MORE
7/Cutting foreign aid has never been about saving $$ -- the entire 2024 aid budget, including HIV, PEPFAR, global health, famine relief -- was less than 1% of the U.S. budget. kff.org/global-healt... Moreover, the top NGO recipients are Christian. MORE
8/Catholic Relief Services tops the list, receiving (until now) $4.6 billion. Save the Children garners $1.5B; WorldVision $1.2B; Mercy Corps $1.1B. In February Trump called the govt USAID workers and these NGOs, “a bunch of radical lunatics.” forbes.com/sites/sarado... MORE
9/Catholic Relief Serv Mission "PROMOTE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT by responding to major emergencies, fighting disease & poverty, & nurturing peaceful & just societies; SERVE CATHOLICS IN THE US as they live their faith in solidarity w/their brothers & sisters around the world." crs.org/about-us/mis... MORE
10/ "World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor & oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, & bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God." worldvision.org/about-us/mis...
11/Mercy Corps: "Our mission: to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities." mercycorps.org/who-we-are MORE