“These are programs and funds that have already been approved by Congress, both sides have created these programs.

Uh, not exactly.

President Kennedy in 1961 established USAID to replace the existing aid programs because those aid programs became corrupt, simply put, not in the interests of the United States, rather individual bureaucrats.

“The agency was authorized by Congress in 1961 through the passage of the Foreign Assistance Act to administer economic aid. However, President John F. Kennedy created USAID itself through an executive order to merge multiple foreign assistance programs and organizations. The agency is funded each year through congressional appropriations but is under the jurisdiction of the president, secretary of state, and National Security Council.