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Give a dog a bad name and hang it. That is what US President Donald Trump's administration has done to the altruistic USAID. Trump and Elon Musk jointly described USAID as "criminal organisation run by radicle lunatics" in spite of relentless good the body has done in LMICs.
It must be acknowledged that the socio-economic implication of that reckless (if not buffoonery) decision is far-reaching. But that is outside the scope of this article. President John Kennedy initiated USAID in 1961 to uphold American values and protect its interests.
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