(The National Pulse)—Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that around 5,200 contracts—worth tens of billions of dollars—belonging to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have been terminated as the Trump administration continues efforts to abolish the agency. He added that the remaining contracts, about 18 percent of the total, will now be taken over by the State Department for management.
The Secretary of State also thanked those working at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for highlighting government waste. USAID was one of the first agencies President Donald J. Trump targeted for cuts after his inauguration in January. It was later revealed that the agency had spent billions of dollars of taxpayer cash on bizarre woke projects globally.
These included transgender operas in Colombia and food programs for Al-Qaeda fighters in Syria. In another case, several transgender clinics in India were forced to close due to the funding cut from USAID.
USAID also reportedly funded 90 percent of the media in Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO).
Contractors linked to USAID attempted to halt the administration from terminating their contracts, arguing that it stopped them from executing their roles overseeing humanitarian relief efforts. However, a federal judge rejected the plea this month, allowing for their contracts to be ended.
