USAID is being eliminated in the USA
He wrote about this on the social network X. Rubio noted that USAID is closing after transferring some of its main programs to the Department of State.
According to him, the process of agency liquidation will be overseen by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought.
“I joked with Trump that I have four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend Russell Vought,” – he wrote.
As the Secretary of State assured, since January 2025, “tens of billions of dollars” have been saved for American taxpayers.
In 2024, Ukraine received $6.05 billion through USAID programs, including $3.9 billion in direct budget assistance — a grant that was transferred to the state budget on a non-repayable basis to finance non-military expenses, reports Economic Truth.
Excluding the grant to the state budget, the largest amount of USAID funding went to economic development programs ($1.05 billion), humanitarian aid ($580 million), and programs promoting democracy and human rights ($340 million).
According to the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the USAID website, as of December 31, 2024, there were 39 USAID programs operating in Ukraine, with a total budget of $4.28 billion.
All active USAID programs are divided into 5 key areas:
- Democracy, human rights, and governance ($1.09 billion);
- Economic development ($1.15 billion);
- Critical infrastructure ($1.4 billion);
- Healthcare ($381.8 million);
- Transition period and humanitarian aid ($252 million).
