The State Department has closed down USAID. After DOGE took a look at the books, the Trump administration turned off the money faucet for all the grifters. Personally, I don’t want to even start to consider the scope of just how much money in taxpayer dollars was just handed out to all the scammers. My head might explode. We can just take some kind of solace that USAID has closed the doors. The picture is perfect by the way. We all see it. That should have been the USAID logo from the start. Here’s just some of the ways USAID was spending your money.

And what an absolute shit show USAID truly was. They had their hands in everything. And they got big bucks too! Insanity.

In terms of overall dollars, it’s just a drop in the trillion dollar bucket, but at least we’re not funding our own demise anymore… hopefully. I asked GROK to show the dollar amount for USAID. Here’s the response:

In fiscal year 2024, USAID spent $21.7 billion, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. This figure represents 0.3% of the total federal spending of $6.8 trillion for that year. However, spending amounts can vary depending on the source and the specific timeframe considered. For instance, in fiscal year 2023, USAID disbursed nearly $43.8 billion in aid, which accounted for about three-fifths of all U.S. foreign assistance dollars, as reported by ForeignAssistance.gov. These differences can arise from how spending is categorized (e.g., obligations vs. disbursements) and whether additional funding from prior years or other agencies is included. Since your question doesn’t specify a year, the most recent complete fiscal year data (2024) points to $21.7 billion, though 2023’s higher figure of $43.8 billion reflects a broader scope of aid distribution. Current 2025 data is incomplete as the fiscal year is ongoing, but projections from earlier this year estimated around $58.4 billion, subject to change due to policy shifts like the recent foreign aid freeze.