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I was a USAID institutional support contractor, hired as strategic communications adviser to the Democracy Delivers initiative. It took four rounds of interviews over three months. I felt like the street mutt in a family of pedigree show dogs — a former actor/waiter/teacher/teacher/humanitarian aid

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Donna Brazile : Until late January 2025 , USAID used to provide lifesaving aid and development assistance in about 130 countries.

Brazile says 11 out of the United States ’ top 15 trading partners used to be recipients of U.S. foreign assistance.

She says the new administration eviscerated all that hard-earned trust and goodwill in hard work for USAID .

Brasile: Many of USAID 's activities foster resiliency, not dependency.

Donna Brazile used to work for organizations providing support to migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S. borders.

Brazile: By early evening on Inauguration Day , Trump had rescinded remote work.

She says she didn't realize the president was determined to gut the agency and kill almost all of its programming.

The Treasury froze congressionally approved payments to USAID on Friday .

On Feb. 26 , the U.S. government ended nearly 10,000 USAID and State Department contracts and grants.

The gutting of USAID has destroyed the entire development sector, says Alex Poppe .