On February 3, 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly denounced the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the allocation of more than $2 million in taxpayer funds to a transgender opera in Colombia. She characterized this expenditure as emblematic of broader concerns regarding the funding of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives abroad.
Leavitt’s remarks resonate with President Donald Trump's prior criticisms, in which he denounced the management of USAID as being influenced by what he described as "radical lunatics," underscoring the necessity of addressing wasteful spending and corruption within the agency. These critiques form part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to reexamine and potentially overhaul the structure of federal agencies, with the goal of curbing inefficiency and redirecting federal resources toward more urgent domestic priorities.
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