This doesn't make corruption OK. But he tore out a lifeline for some people without giving them an alternative way to get aid.
In my 30+ years of life I have not seen a single successful project that either: wasn't a facade, or didn't benefit the ruling class only.
Nor how many deaths will be caused by his support for far right parties across Europe, when they start ethnic cleansings.
The US taxpayer has no moral obligation to send welfare "around the world". If you personally find this frustrating, you're welcome to donate that money yourself, directly. No one will stop you. If the world wishes to partake in the benefits of the American government, it should apply for statehood.
Sure. It's a transactional purchase of stability and goodwill, via which the US has benefited enormously.
I mean, by way of the atrocities we've committed around the world, we kinda do.
Even if we buy your thesis, foregoing morals, geopolitics, and history, it's a useful soft power strategy...
I'm not saying fund USAID before healthcare for all in america. I'm saying of all the insane things our government wastes money on, USAID was far down on the list of most egregious.