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Faith Aid Groups Say Trump and Musk Have Permanently Damaged USAID

Former U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power hugs a person after laid-off USAID workers cleared out their desks and collected personal belongings, during a sendoff in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
 

On Feb. 13, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze the billions of dollars in life-sustaining foreign aid suspended by executive order in January. The order, which cited “enormous harm” to global networks of relief agencies and the populations they serve, was met with relief by Christian anti-poverty and anti-hunger ministries. But even amid relief, the chaos of the last month has been relentless, say direct aid providers like World Vision and advocates like Bread for the World.

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