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The American Disavowal: From Feeding the World to Abandoning Our Own

The dismantling of USAID marked more than the end of a humanitarian agency. It was a quiet collapse of American moral identity.

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Jan 21, 2026
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In early 2025, when the Trump administration began dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it should have been a national turning point. For decades, USAID had symbolized America’s global conscience. It provided famine relief, life-saving medication, maternal healthcare, and support for democracy in fragile states. It was not …

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