Since Trump first froze all spending by USAID and then proceeded to unleash Musk and his hounds onto agency staff, put everyone on paid leave, issued a stop order on all spending, merged it with the State Department and summoned all 10,000 overseas staff home, a cacophony of criticism of the agency and foreign aid in general has been swelling.
I worked for implementers as well as for DoS. I never saw anyone 'uncomfortable' with the regime change programs, even if their programs were SWEAT, and everyone was expected to make sure their partners were on board with our politics. And I saw BS feel good LGBTQ+ programs get funded instead of programs that helped lots of people. But those programs didn't have a good DEI hook.
I worked for implementers as well as for DoS. I never saw anyone 'uncomfortable' with the regime change programs, even if their programs were SWEAT, and everyone was expected to make sure their partners were on board with our politics. And I saw BS feel good LGBTQ+ programs get funded instead of programs that helped lots of people. But those programs didn't have a good DEI hook.