In yet another rare bipartisan moment, former President George W. Bush has publicly teamed up with Barack Obama and rock star Bono to condemn Donald Trump over his decision to dismantle a sprawling foreign aid agency. The trio’s rebuke comes as Trump, alongside Elon Musk, finalized the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and rolled its remaining operations into the State Department.
The former presidents, who’ve kept mostly silent on Trump’s presidency over the years, made their case in a private video message played for departing USAID employees. According to the Associated Press, the clip wasn’t meant for public broadcast, but excerpts have now emerged showing Bush, Obama, and Bono blasting Trump’s actions as a blow to American influence abroad.
“Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama declared in the video. “Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.”
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