Former USAID head grieves its closure while hoping for its future
Former USAID administrator Samantha Power reflects on the agency's closure by the Trump administration in 2025. She expresses deep concern over the humanitarian impact of halting global aid programs and hopes for a future revival of the agency.
Why it matters
The dissolution of a major U.S. foreign aid agency marks a significant shift in American foreign policy and global humanitarian engagement.
When Samantha Power walked out of the United States Agency for International Development's headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the last time on January 20, 2025, she had no idea what was to become of the agency she had led for the Biden administration for the past four years.
The article focuses heavily on the perspective of the former administrator and uses emotionally charged language like 'cruel' to describe the administration's actions.
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