The impact of cutting USAID on America's soft power: How China looks to react | DW News

US President Kennedy created the US Agency for International Development, USAID, in 1961 to be an umbrella organization for all US nonmilitary foreign aid. At the time, aid to contain communism was the Cold War guiding principle, but not the only one.

Kennedy also invoked a moral responsibilty, pointing to America's economic obligations as the wealthiest people in a world of largely poor people. Six decades later USAID provides tens of billions of dollars of humanitarian aid to countries around the world.

But that is about to change. In a move to slash wasteful spending, spearheaded by Elon Musk in the Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump White House this week began slashing most of USAID's workforce. It's feared that the decision to defund USAID by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two of the world's richest people could hurt millions of the world's poorest people.

Chapters:
0:00 The history of USAID
4:27 Rorry Daniels, Asia Society Policy Institute
10:33 Hardin Lang, Refugees International

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[paultgs]

USAID has played a role in influencing regime changes and contributing to instability in various countries around the world under the cover of Aid...

[antoinepageau]

20% of BBC annual budget came from USAID. How much of DW budget came from there?
Hypocrites !

[dnavenom]

I wonder how much USAID money pay for DW salaries? Is DW going out of business soon?

[happymelon]

Right after USA1D cut ....
🤣The BBC's , It has already written three articles praising China.
😆DW want to follow ?

[dinnerwaltz]

Is this woman a racist?
She's basically saying that America helps the world out of the goodness of its heart and that Americans are good people.
But China helps other countries because of profits and interests?

[Reed-shwi]

if USAID was really saving lives, how come we haven’t seen impassioned speeches this week from 40-50 Prime Ministers & Presidents around the world that tens of thousands of their citizens are going to die? Why are they all so silent — and why do many seem relieved?

[DavidMatthewJones]

I wonder how much DW News was getting?

[mattnuevo]

Africa have enough resources to be wealthy they should have no excuse, the ppl should hold their governments responsible not USAID

[jackt]

if European care so much about helping other countries. why don't European step in and fill the gap? USA have $36 trillion debts. American is too broke to help. Come on EU and Germany! Step Up!

[iamgermane]

Not the US taxpayers' job to fund medical care in Africa! Who is paying for the medical care of Americans sleeping in storm drains and tents??

[QiyanTang-swbw]

I don't understand, why did they involve Beijing while the news is about US domestic policy?

[FllixRouge]

Africa should ask their own Corrupted leaders for Aid. Period 😊

[Thunderlight]

Africa doesn't need your so-called "aid".

Because of your so-called aid, the world is still striving to live. Your cutting aid to Africa, this means Africa will strengthen themselves.

[meir]

China doesn't give out aid it invest, usa should learn.

[itmiconsult]

Africa needs to rely on our own not on someone's tax. We are sitting on Gold but begging for bread.

[mattermax]

we need to track where the money went.

[guitarplayinguser]

I listen to a government official from Ghana recently, who remarked that the aid given to her country, was more harmful than good in the long run. It prevents her people from doing things on their own that need to be done.

[worldupdatechannelinfocus]

DW is not a news midia but a political party.. never criticised their own only who they don't like 😭😭

[Warped-Parallax]

I don't understand. Why didn't DW ask someone from China what they think about cutting USAID?

[noizesound]

*Aid is used for religious conversion of Native tribes, arms & conflicts. A world without Aid is much more peaceful*