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Is the Trump Administration Dismantling Nation Building’s Last Stand?
Thanks to the Trump administration, for the first time in its 35-year history, the southeastern European country of Bosnia-Herzegovina had free and fair elections last week without aggressive interference from international bureaucrats. This puts a dagger into the global nation-building industry that sucked dry the country’s national sovereignty.
The Balkans Emerge as America’s Energy Security Partner in Europe
The topic of American energy security, especially as it relates to Europe, is timely. The current fast pace of energy integration is such that in the years to come we may look back at 2026 as the inflection point of a new and powerful transatlantic energy security condominium. Today, we face two major regional conflicts—the one in Ukraine and the one with Iran and its regional proxies.
Blaming Trump for the Latest Outbreak of Ebola Is Absurd
The Trump administration is again coming under fire for last year’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Why now? Because it’s being blamed for an outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in Africa. The disease, centered on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has a disturbing 25% death rate. Out with the boxing gloves come those very NGOs that lost billions in taxpayer funding with USAID’s demise.
Reponse to Venezuela’s crisis proves that America can still help in substantial ways — even without USAID
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Reponse to Venezuela’s crisis proves that America can still help in substantial ways — even without USAID Original
Critics of President Trump insist that his administration has bungled its response to the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. They blame his dismantling of the US Agency for International Development. But those critics are wrong. USAID led America’s humanitarian disaster response for years. But after the Biden administration turned agency irreparably woke, Trump handed most of those responsibilities to the State Department. The reaction was predictably strident.
Blaming Trump for the latest outbreak of Ebola is absurd
OPINION: The Trump administration is again coming under fire for last year’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Why now? Because it’s being blamed for an outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in Africa. The disease, centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has a disturbing 25% death rate. Out with the boxing gloves come those very NGOs that lost billions in taxpayer funding with USAID’s demise.
How the U.S.-Europe Rift Got Balkanized
Transatlantic disputes over trade, climate policy, defense spending, Iran, and free speech have certainly stressed the U.S.-Europe alliance. In the past, deft diplomacy has found ways to navigate those differences. Yet that comity is being severely tested as Europe takes steps to stifle American involvement in the Balkans. Last month, for the first time, Europe and the United States failed to agree on the next international envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
An Islamist state on NATO’s border?
The Balkans are simmering again, and it’s threatening NATO. “Don’t push us to war,” former Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric warned at a recent panel event marking 30 years since the war ended between Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Muslims, Orthodox Christian Serbs and Catholic Croats. The outburst was in response to pushback from Serbs and Croats against Muslim efforts to weaponize their slight majority population into centralized government power under their control.
Bridge Financing for the Radical Left?
Original Article Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 1/19/2026 4:37:26 PM On Thursday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2026. The bill provides the foreign aid industry $50 billion in taxpayer funding, $20 billion over the president's budget request.
Foreign Aid Bill: Bridge Financing for the Radical Left?
Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government. The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government. In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.
Ending 30 Years of Failed Nation-Building in the Balkans
Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government. The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government. In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.
Ralph Norman, Dr. Quentin Van Meter, Max Primorac, Chris Mitchell
On today’s program: Ralph Norman, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of South Carolina, covers President Trump’s Executive Order to end cashless bail in Washington, DC, and the possibility of deploying the National Guard to other crime-ridden cities. Dr. Quentin Van Meter, former American College of Pediatricians President, explains how science is saving children from harmful sex transition procedures by the medical industrial complex.
PEPFAR: From AIDS Relief to Leftwing Funding Apparatus
President George W. Bush established the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003 to respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa. Since then, PEPFAR has spent $125 billion and morphed into a leftwing foreign aid entitlement that promotes abortion and gender ideology and only employs progressives.
The PEPFAR industry has launched a hysterical campaign against accountability Original
A major campaign is underway to overturn administration cuts to global HIV/AIDS funding, with claims that such cuts are killing millions of people, causing global turmoil, and advancing China’s global agenda. On Inauguration Day, the White House ordered a 90-day pause to review all U.S. foreign aid. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized some aid as “counterproductive to American interests, wasting taxpayer money and provoking resentment abroad.” Rubio was right.
The PEPFAR Industry Has Launched a Hysterical Campaign Against Accountability
A major campaign is underway to overturn administration cuts to global HIV/AIDS funding, with claims that such cuts are killing millions of people, causing global turmoil, and advancing China’s global agenda. That sounds grave. Fortunately, it’s completely untrue. On Inauguration Day, the White House ordered a 90-day pause to review all U.S. foreign aid.
Europe’s Woke Trade Policies Threaten Transatlantic Ties
Foreign Affairs Europe’s Woke Trade Policies Threaten Transatlantic Ties The EU is looking to impose progressive values on developing nations. Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... As the U.S. and Europe struggle to reset trade relations, secure greater European defense spending within NATO, and find a consensus on protecting free speech, a new woke trade treaty between the European Union and developing countries is set to worsen the discord in transatlantic relations.
Rescinding Woke and Weaponized Government Funding
President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has identified billions in government waste and has cut many unnecessary federal grants and contracts. However, Congress has the power of the purse and must lead the effort to make lasting changes to federal spending levels. One of the primary ways in which the legislative and executive branches can work together to codify spending cuts is through recissions.
Germany’s New 'Conservative' Chancellor Goes Green
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block of votes in parliamentary elections. The CDU won based on a reputation for conservatism. The Union promised voters it would walk back the left’s disastrous green energy agenda, which was destroying Germany’s industrial base and the jobs it generated.
Foreign Aid Won’t Stem Illegal Immigration
More than two years ago, Vice President Kamala Harris launched her “root causes” strategy to stem the flow of illegal migration from Central America into the United States. At the core of her initiative was a $1 billion foreign aid program that was intended to alleviate the poverty the administration blamed for driving millions of illegal immigrants to the U.S. from the region.
Crossing the Anti-Democratic Rubicon in Europe
In his highly quoted speech to the Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance singled out a country unfamiliar to many Americans: Romania. Mr. Vance condemned what he described as Europe’s crackdown on free speech and mentioned Romania’s election annulment. In December, “Romania straight up canceled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous pressure from its continental neighbors,” he said.
Crossing the anti-Democratic rubicon in Europe
OPINION: In his highly quoted speech to the Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance singled out a country unfamiliar to many Americans: Romania. Mr. Vance condemned what he described as Europe’s crackdown on free speech and mentioned Romania’s election annulment. In December, “Romania straight up canceled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous pressure from its continental neighbors,” he said.
Response to Venezuela’s Crisis Proves That America Can Still Help in Substantial Ways—Even Without USAID
Critics of President Trump insist that his administration has bungled its response to the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. They blame his dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. But those critics are wrong. USAID led America’s humanitarian disaster response for years. But after the Biden administration turned agency irreparably woke, Trump handed most of those responsibilities to the State Department. The reaction was predictably strident.
Germany’s New “Conservative” Chancellor Goes Green
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block of votes in parliamentary elections. The CDU won based on a reputation for conservatism. The Union promised voters it would walk back the left’s disastrous green energy agenda, which was destroying Germany’s industrial base and the jobs it generated.
America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined US Interests Around the World
Editor’s note: The following is prepared testimony to the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from Max Primorac, a former senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development and now a senior research fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.
Weekend Edition - February 15, 2025
This weekend: James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, comments on the news of the day and discusses how his report, “Federal Fumbles,” could serve as a playbook for DOGE. Max Primorac, former USAID Deputy Administrator, discusses the House hearing on USAID and how American taxpayer dollars were spent.
Trump’s Foreign Policy: Good News for Hemispheric Relations
As President Trump’s foreign policy takes effect, anti-U.S. countries may feel the sting. For Colombia, that first taste has already come, and the results bode well for the future of American foreign policy in the hemisphere. Colombia is one of the most historically conservative and U.S.-aligned countries in South America; indeed, it has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid on the continent.
Scott Perry, Meg Kilgannon, Ben Cline, Max Primorac
On today’s program: Scott Perry, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 10th District, reacts to President Trump’s recent comments on Ukraine and Russia and discusses the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on USAID. Meg Kilgannon, Senior Fellow for Education Studies at Family Research Council, analyzes the Linda McMahon hearing for Education Secretary and how her leadership could impact the future of the Department of Education.
Trump's foreign policy: Good news for hemispheric relations
OPINION: As President Trump’s foreign policy takes effect, anti-U.S. countries may feel the sting. For Colombia, that first taste has already come, and the results bode well for the future of American foreign policy in the hemisphere. Colombia is one of the most historically conservative and U.S.-aligned countries in South America; indeed, it has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid on the continent.
How USAID went woke and destroyed itself
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How USAID went woke and destroyed itself
To hear critics describe it, President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is a disaster. But take it from someone who worked at USAID for three years: Its fate was already sealed. USAID, the U.S. government’s vehicle to disburse tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded foreign aid, is a troubling tale of a government agency going off the rails ideologically and losing both bipartisan political support in Congress and the trust of the American people.
Identity Politics Is Holding Up Balkan Energy Development
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Subscribe to RSS Print Topic: Security Region: Europe Tags: BalkansCroatiaBosnia And HerzegovinaNatural GasIdentity PoliticsState Department By tying an energy project to a certain vision of Bosnian national identity, Washington is inadvertently helping Chinese and Russian interests.
The U.S. Foreign Aid Complex: Missionaries of Nihilism
One would expect a national uproar to greet the sudden dismantling of a $40 billion federal agency. That didn’t happen. Instead, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government’s conduit to send billions of dollars in foreign aid, would spark a national outcry for its waste, fraud, and radical progressive overreach.
Primorac: Biden, Harris turn their back on Iraq’s Christians, again
Primorac: Biden, Harris turn their back on Iraq’s Christians, again Max Primorac | The Detroit News The Biden-Harris administration’s decision late last month to pull U.S. forces from Iraq by 2026 may sound the death knell for the country’s 2,000-year-old Christian community. It represents another regional victory for Iran that seeks to purge the Middle East of all vestiges of Christianity.
SUNK COST: With Gaza Policy Adrift, Biden’s Gaza Pier Washed Away $230M
In a scathing U.S. government inspector general’s report, President Joe Biden was said to have wasted $230 million of taxpayer money on a harebrained maritime operation in Gaza intended to accelerate humanitarian aid to Palestinians displaced by war. In sum, Biden’s “temporary pier operated intermittently for about 20 days” and was then embarrassingly shut down.
Sunk Cost: With Gaza policy adrift, Biden’s aid pier washed away $230M
In a scathing U.S. government inspector general’s report, President Joe Biden was said to have wasted $230 million of taxpayer money on a harebrained maritime operation in Gaza intended to accelerate humanitarian aid to Palestinians displaced by war. In sum, Biden’s “temporary pier operated intermittently for about 20 days” and was then embarrassingly shut down.
Opinion: The Balkans are a simmering powder keg — it’s time for NATO to turn down the heat
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The Balkans are a simmering powder keg — it’s time for NATO to turn down the heat
As if war in Ukraine, a pending conflict between Iran and Israel, and the Red Sea on fire were not enough, the Balkans — the powder keg of Europe — is now in meltdown. And the Russia- China-Iran troika is behind it. A recent diplomatic row between neighbors Croatia and Montenegro, just as the latter was poised to join the European Union, would not normally be front-page news. But Russia’s fingerprints are all over this, and the White House needs to pay attention.
The Balkans Are a Simmering Powder Keg-It’s Time for NATO To Turn Down the Heat
As if war in Ukraine, a pending conflict between Iran and Israel, and the Red Sea on fire were not enough, the Balkans—the powder keg of Europe—is now in meltdown. And the Russia- China-Iran troika is behind it. A recent diplomatic row between neighbors Croatia and Montenegro, just as the latter was poised to join the European Union, would not normally be front-page news. But Russia’s fingerprints are all over this, and the White House needs to pay attention.
A Recovery Plan for a Strong Postwar Ukraine
David Urban and Mike Pompeo lay out a strong case for peace in Ukraine (“A Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine,” op-ed, July 26). But what about the postwar rebuilding of a devastated Ukraine, which could cost a trillion dollars? There is no appetite at home—or in Europe—to use tax dollars to finance Kyiv’s reconstruction. So how would a president Trump revive an economically prostrate Ukraine, so that it can pay for its own recovery and defense needs?
Ukraine: The Day After
President Trump is now officially the Republican Party’s presidential nominee and chose Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his running mate. Last week, President Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Now, all signs point to the strong prospect of new leadership in the White House come January. One of the top foreign-policy priorities for the next president will be bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful settlement. But what will happen to Ukraine after that?
Africa in Focus: Shifting the Paradigm Together
Let me thank the Croatian government for inviting me to speak at this important conference to discuss building a new vision of cooperation between the West and Africa. It is sorely needed. The United States alone provides Africa with $13 billion of foreign assistance each year, mostly in nonrepayable grants. Other donors spend billions more on aid to Africa. Yet despite large amounts of assistance, we see a continent that is poorer, hungrier, and more unstable.
Time to Cut U.S. Foreign Aid to South Africa
South Africa’s request to The Hague’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) last December to accuse Israel of breaching the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza as it defends itself against Hamas’s effort to wipe Israel off the map is another in a long string of radical policies pursued by a country with strong ties to communist China, Russia, and Iran. These ties subvert U.S. and allied national security interests.
Stop Financing South Africa’s Rogue Foreign Policy
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Subscribe to RSS Print Topic: Security Region: Africa Tags: South AfricaHamasRussiaHIV/AIDSForeign AidBRICSChina One would think that South Africa’s foreign policy choices favoring Russia, China, and Hamas would jeopardize America’s generous bilateral support. <![CDATA[// ><!]]> --> Sometimes, the answer to the question “Why do people do bad things?” is simply because they can.
America’s Broken Foreign Aid Apparatus
Testimony Before United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee for National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs “Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Foreign Aid” March 21, 2024 Max Primorac Senior Research Fellow Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom The Heritage Foundation My name is Max Primorac. I am Senior Research Fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.
Ukraine: The Day After
President Trump is now officially the Republican Party’s presidential nominee and chose Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his running mate. Last week, President Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Now, all signs point to the strong prospect of new leadership in the White House come January. One of the top foreign-policy priorities for the next president will be bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful settlement. But what will happen to Ukraine after that?
Israel Aid / Red Sea Operations Supplemental
Unlike the money being earmarked for Ukraine and various humanitarian initiatives, the funding for Israel in this bill is at least focused on military aid that is in the security interests of the United States, albeit on a much smaller scale.
Ukraine Aid Supplemental
Prior to this new request, $113.1 billion had been authorized for Ukraine since February 2022. Of this amount, $67.1 billion was coded as defense, including direct military aid via Presidential Drawdown Authority, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), and Foreign Military Financing.
Mientras China y organizaciones terroristas ganan terreno en el Africa, los EE.UU. resignan influencia
Mientras Oriente Medio vuelve a consumirse en conflictos bélicos y agresiones terroristas, también Africa experimenta hoy un incremento de la violencia. A pesar de que la región es beneficiada con miles de millones de dólares enviados anualmente por los Estados Unidos de América en la forma de asistencia, núcleos afiliados con al-Qaeda y el Estado Islámico han ganado terreno a través del continente.
Rising Violence and Declining US Influence
As the Middle East is again consumed by wars of terrorist aggression, Africa, too, is experiencing a rise in violence. Despite the region receiving billions in U.S. foreign aid annually, groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have gained ground throughout the continent. As of 2023, the Sahel region—a broad sub-Saharan swathe of land stretching from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans—represents 43% of all global deaths caused by terrorism.
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