NBC News posted on 5 February 2025 an article titled "What Cutting USAID Could Cost the U.S.--And How China, Russia May Benefit" by Chantal Da Silva.
Dismantling the US Agency for International Development will have many negative foreign policy consequences. One of the most significant will be to provide an additional opening for China and Russia to hammer home the message that the United States is abandoning the Global South and for both countries, but especially China, to replace the United States in some key foreign policy arenas.
