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[https://e360.yale.edu/features/usaid-cuts-conservation by Adam Welz 23/4/25 YaleEnvironment360] | [https://e360.yale.edu/features/usaid-cuts-conservation by Adam Welz 23/4/25 YaleEnvironment360] | ||
On February 3, Elon Musk typed a now-notorious post to his social media platform X: “Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone [sic] to some great parties. Did that instead.” | On February 3, Elon Musk typed a now-notorious post to his social media platform X: “Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone [sic] to some great parties. Did that instead.” | ||
=====USAID Cuts Weaken U.S. Influence at the United Nations===== | |||
[https://www.csis.org/analysis/usaid-cuts-weaken-us-influence-united-nations by Allison Lombardo 19/5/25 CSIS] | |||
As part of its stated intention to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and circumscribe U.S. foreign assistance, the Trump administration announced recently that it had terminated at least 5,341 foreign aid projects, including an estimated 211 awards to various UN agencies for implementing development and humanitarian programs around the world. Some U.S. leverage may go with them. | |||
