{"id":217009,"date":"2025-02-08T03:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-impact-of-cutting-usaid-on-americas-soft-power-how-china-looks-to-react-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T03:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:05:15","slug":"the-impact-of-cutting-usaid-on-americas-soft-power-how-china-looks-to-react-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-impact-of-cutting-usaid-on-americas-soft-power-how-china-looks-to-react-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of cutting USAID on America&#8217;s soft power: How China looks to react | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/y5jMVIf-aAQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The impact of cutting USAID on America's soft power: How China looks to react | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5jMVIf-aAQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US President Kennedy created the US Agency for International Development, USAID, in 1961 to be an umbrella organization for all US nonmilitary foreign aid. At the time, aid to contain communism was the Cold War guiding principle, but not the only one.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy also invoked a moral responsibilty, pointing to America&#8217;s economic obligations as the wealthiest people in a world of largely poor people. Six decades later USAID provides tens of billions of dollars of humanitarian aid to countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>But that is about to change. In a move to slash wasteful spending, spearheaded by Elon Musk in the Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump White House this week began slashing most of USAID&#8217;s workforce. It&#8217;s feared that the decision to defund USAID by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two of the world&#8217;s richest people could hurt millions of the world&#8217;s poorest people.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 The history of USAID<br \/>\n4:27 Rorry Daniels, Asia Society Policy Institute<br \/>\n10:33 Hardin Lang, Refugees International<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#trump #usaid #softpower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Kennedy created the US Agency for International Development, USAID, in 1961 to be an umbrella organization for all US nonmilitary foreign aid. 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