The Hill dropped a bombshell last week that’s got folks talking all over the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out plans to slash 83% of USAID’s programs—5,200 contracts—and conservatives are nodding because it’s about time we got a peek behind the curtain of this so-called aid outfit. I sat down with my coffee this morning and thought, well, here’s the proof we’ve been waiting for—the CIA’s been pulling strings at USAID like a puppet master for decades.
Here’s how it’s shaking out, and it’s worth chewing over with your neighbor across the fence. Rubio’s memo, straight from the Trump playbook, thanks Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for digging into this mess—turns out USAID’s been a front for the CIA to play global chess while taxpayers foot the bill. Republicans reckon this is worse than Watergate—$43 billion a year funneled through an agency that’s been meddling in politics, media, and who-knows-what-else under the guise of charity.
They’ve got the receipts, and it’s the kind of dirt that makes you mad when you’re paying taxes. Back in the ‘60s, President Truman warned Lyndon Johnson about the CIA’s covert games—he wanted them reined in—but by 2011, Obama’s crew turned USAID into a full-on deep state tool with Operation Mockingbird vibes, planting stories and funding chaos. Conservatives figure this exposure’s why Trump’s 89 orders in 50 days slashed crossings to 300 daily from Biden’s 10,000—he’s not playing their game.
Let me break it down for regular folks like us sitting around the table. The CIA’s been using USAID as a cutout—think “Center for Global Engagement” nonsense—to build “capacity” abroad, which is just a fancy way of saying they’re controlling media and propping up groups to mess with other countries. Republicans say it’s why Rubio’s axing 5,200 contracts—$43 billion isn’t chump change when it’s funding shadow ops instead of schools.
The left’s probably squirming in their seats, and you can bet they’re nervous about this one. They’ll cry it’s all conspiracy—same bunch that ignored Biden’s $216 billion trade gap with Europe last year—but conservatives ask why USAID needed a secret grip if it’s just about helping folks—82 percent speech approval from Trump’s March 4 talk shows who folks trust.
Here’s what it means when you’re balancing the checkbook or filling the tank out there. Biden lost 500,000 kids under HHS—chaos everywhere—while Trump’s crew nabbed 214 crooks in Virginia—real wins—conservatives bet this USAID takedown’s the start of unraveling the whole deep state web—97 percent GOP approval backs that fight!
This is what happens when you’ve got a guy like Trump who doesn’t bow to the old guard—transparency’s the name of the game. Republicans figure Congress needs to step up—stop hiding “state secrets” and audit the CIA’s piggy bank—time to quit funding monsters abroad!
America’s tuning in to a reckoning that’s been a long time coming—no more forever wars or secret slush funds. Trump and Musk aren’t just talking—they’re tearing it down, and conservatives love it because it’s their country they’re saving—next stop, the whole swamp!
