USAID Dismantlement Causes Chaos in Kenya's Fight Against HIV/AIDS

 The Washington Post published on 14 April 2025 an article titled "'What Is Going to Happen to Us?' Trump's Aid Cuts Upend Kenyans' HIV Fight" by Katharine Houreld.

The dismantlement of USAID has disrupted the flow of assistance for combatting HIV/AIDS in Kenya and other countries.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had granted waivers for lifesaving humanitarian assistance, but he issued no blanket exception for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), one of the most successful US assistance programs ever implemented in Africa.  This article describes the impact on Kenyans.    

Faith-based Organizations Challenge Trump Administration's USAID Dismantlement

 The Washington Post published on 6 March 2025 an article titled "Trump's Foreign Aid Demolition Hits Major Christian Charities" by John Hudson, Missy Ryan, and Katharine Houreld.

Albert Gombis, a political appointee in the State Department, met on 28 February with about 35 representatives of faith-based groups that included World Vision, Samaritan's Purse, Christian Aid, Food for the Hungary, Compassion International, National Association of Evangelicals, and Islamic Relief.  They relayed the painful effects on their organizations stemming from Trump's cancellation of 90 percent of all USAID contracts, the termination of more than 1,600 personnel, and the placement of almost all of USAID's 10,000 strong workforce on administrative leave.  

The article also reported that Trump's chief dismantler of USAID, Peter Marocco, met with lawmakers in a closed-door briefing where he said USAID was a "money-laundering scheme" that had lost its way.  He added he was examining whether foreign assistance is even constitutional.  When asked if he was among the rioters at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, Marocco responded that is not the subject of the meeting.