US EditionBush, Obama, Bono Bid Farewell to USAID: ‘Colossal Mistake’
UNITED STATES, JUN 30 – Former Presidents Obama and Bush, along with Bono, condemned the Trump administration's cuts that ended 83% of USAID programs, risking millions of lives, including 25 million saved by PEPFAR.
- Monday marked the final day that USAID operated as an independent six-decade-old humanitarian and development agency ordered to merge with the State Department on Tuesday.
- This restructuring followed government-wide cuts targeting USAID, initiated by President Trump and supported by Elon Musk, who labeled it a fraud-ridden criminal organization.
- Former Presidents Obama and Bush and humanitarian advocate Bono voiced strong criticism at an unofficial Monday gathering, highlighting USAID's lifesaving work and economic impact amid funding cuts.
- Bush cited the AIDS and HIV program his administration created that saved 25 million lives, Obama called the dismantling a 'colossal mistake,' and Bono recited a poem mourning the agency's gutting.
- The absorption of USAID signals a shift in U.S. foreign aid, but officials vowed proper oversight and predicted bipartisan recognition of USAID’s importance will eventually return.
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George W. Bush Joins Obama in Rebuke of Trump - News Addicts
President Donald J. Trump, alongside Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has officially dismantled USAID — a bloated, taxpayer-funded foreign aid agency that long served as a playground for globalists and career bureaucrats. The decision marks a major victory for American taxpayers and a decisive end to one of Washington’s most expensive […] The post George W. Bush Joins Obama in Rebuke of Trump appeared first on News A…
Bush’s, Obama’s ‘Farewell’-Style Wishes for USAID Staff Underscore Washington’s ‘Uniparty’ Culture
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George Bush Teams Up With Democrats Against Trump
Former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are once again joining forces to denounce President Donald Trump, this time for slashing international services they claim are critical to U.S. interests. Bush appears in a new video alongside Obama and U2 frontman Bono, a notorious Trump critic, praising the departing staffers of USAID, the international diplomacy arm that Trump gutted earlier this year. Bush was an advocate for funding the prog…
Notorious RINO President Teams Up With Bono To Attack Trump For Draining Swamp Waste, Shuttering USAID - The American Tribune.com
Notorious RINO and former President George W. Bush teamed up with Barack Obama and U2 frontman Bono to criticize Trump’s decision to close USAID. They labeled the decision a “colossal mistake” and a “travesty” in a June 30, 2025, video conference. For context, Obama defended the corrupt agency by emphasizing USAID’s global impact, and Bush claimed its AIDS program saved 25 million lives. Thoroughly embarrassing himself, Bono recited a poem defen…
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A Reagan administration joke depicted a Bureau of Indian Affairs administrator sobbing at his desk. “What’s wrong?” The bureaucrat responded, “My Indian died.” Like the best political humor, it uses a ridiculous scene to illustrate a truth. Bureaucracies eventually exist for the bureaucrats. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) demonstrated this truth for more than six decades without, unfortunately, providing a laugh…
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