The impact of Trump's foreign aid cuts, one year on

Humanitarian efforts to fight diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in some of the world's poorest nations have been massively disrupted since Donald Trump froze US humanitarian aid immediately after being sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2025. The freeze was initially said to be temporary. However, in a cost-cutting spree advised by the world's richest person Elon Musk, Trump eliminated 83 percent of programmes by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which was then dismantled.