Secretary of state says 83% of USAID programs are being canceled
SUMMARY
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a long-overdue crackdown on government waste Monday, revealing that 83% of USAID programs are being canceled after a six-week investigation exposed reckless spending and programs that actively undermined U.S. national interests. The review, led by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), helmed by Elon Musk, uncovered a staggering 5,200 wasteful contracts funneling tens of billions of taxpayer dollars overseas with little to no accountability. Rubio confirmed that the remaining 1,000 programs will be strictly monitored under the State Department to ensure they serve actual American interests. He praised the hard work of DOGE in exposing the corruption and inefficiency at USAID, which has long operated as an unaccountable bureaucracy handing out taxpayer money with zero oversight. USAID, founded in 1961, has ballooned into a bloated bureaucracy wasting over $40 billion a year on ineffective foreign aid schemes.
