USAID Effectively Dismantled -- Project 2025 Blueprint for International Agency Destruction (2025-02-01)

The Trump administration effectively dismantled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), freezing nearly all foreign aid, placing thousands of staff on administrative leave, and recalling diplomats and contractors worldwide. The action followed Project 2025 Mandate Chapter 7 (Intelligence Community and Foreign Affairs), which called for restructuring or eliminating USAID and consolidating foreign aid under State Department control. The dismantling of the $50 billion agency left humanitarian operations worldwide in chaos and was challenged in multiple federal courts. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was named acting administrator.