A majority of American voters believe most US foreign aid never reaches people in need, a survey has found, underlining the difficulties of defending an agency targeted by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting task force.
A poll by Public First for the Financial Times found that almost 60 per cent of respondents agreed that funds set aside for humanitarian causes were “wasted on corruption or administration fees”. Only 12 per cent disagreed with the proposition.
The findings come as the US Agency for International Development, a $40bn agency established decades ago with missions in more than 100 countries, continues to be dismantled by Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
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