Marco Rubio says that we have to cancel 83 percent of USAID programs

Washington:

US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that 83 percent of the program at the United States US Agency for International Development (USAID) was canceling on Monday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January, demanding a freeze on all American foreign aid to give time to his administration to assess foreign expenses, with his “America First” agenda not alliance with the agenda with an eye.

“After 6 weeks review, we are officially canceling 83% of the programs in USAID,” Marco Rubio said on the social media platform X.

He said, “5,200 contracts that have now been canceled, they spend tens of billions of dollars, who did not serve, (and even in some cases were damaged), the main national interests of the United States,” he said.

The USAID distributes American human assistance worldwide, with health and emergency programs in around 120 countries.

The Foreign Department, which oversee USAID, announced on 26 February with the intention of cutting the agency’s program 92 percent, which identified 5,800 grants.

Marco Rubio thanked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), especially on Monday, which billionaire Elon Musk has picked up a campaign to cut cost and cut jobs in government departments.

Trump and his colleagues have argued that foreign aid is useless and does not serve American interests.

But support groups argue that most of the aid supports American interests by promoting stability and health, and warns that cutting aid threatens the lives of weak people.