Tillerson Reveals Plan to DISSOLVE US State Department

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13. The End of Foreign Aid As We Know It

You know how Republicans hate foreign aid. Rolling State into USAID, which is slated to fail without funding, gives Republicans another opportunity to wag their gnarled fingers and tell us how these agencies are no longer functional so let's just get rid of 'em all.

Trump budget would gut development assistance and fold USAID into State.

sident Donald Trump’s vow to put “America first” includes a plan to drastically cut assistance to developing countries and merge the State Department with USAID, according to an internal budget document and sources.

The administration’s March budget proposal vowed to slash aid to developing countries by over one-third, but contained few details. According to a detailed 15-page State Department budget document obtained by Foreign Policy, the overhaul also includes rechanneling funding from development assistance into a program that is tied closely to national security objectives.

The document details how the Trump administration’s plans to reduce direct foreign assistance would take place in fiscal year 2018.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/24/u-s-agency-for-international-development-foreign-aid-state-department-trump-slash-foreign-funding/