WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gwamnatin Trump ta fara kokarin rusa Hukumar Taimakon Kasa da Kasa ta Amurka (USAID), wanda ke haifar da cece-kuce da adawa daga ‘yan majalisar Democrat da kuma masu fafutukar kare hakkin bil adama. An bayyana cewa shugaban kasa Donald Trump ya ba da umarnin dakatar da ayyukan hukumar, yayin da wasu ke zargin cewa wannan matakin na nufin rage kashe kudade a kasashen waje bisa manufar ‘Amurka Ta Farko’.
Hukumar USAID, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 1961, tana ba da agaji ga kasashe masu fama da matsalolin tattalin arziki, cututtuka, da rikice-rikicen siyasa. A cikin shekarar 2023, hukumar ta kashe kusan dala biliyan 68 a ayyukan agaji a kasashen duniya, musamman a Asiya, Afirka, da Turai. Amma gwamnatin Trump ta yi kokarin soke wadannan ayyuka, inda ta bayyana cewa za a duba duk wani kashe kudi don tabbatar da cewa yana da amfani ga Amurka.
Sakataren Harkokin Waje Marco Rubio, wanda aka nada a matsayin mai kula da USAID na wucin gadi, ya bayyana cewa za a duba duk ayyukan hukumar don tabbatar da cewa sun yi daidai da manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka. Rubio ya ce, ‘Kowane dala da za mu kashe, dole ne ya yi daidai da bukatun Amurka.’
Duk da haka, ‘yan majalisar Democrat sun yi adawa da wannan matakin, inda suka bayyana cewa ba za a iya rusa USAID ba tare da amincewar majalisa ba. Sanata Chris Van Hollen daga Maryland ya ce, ‘Wannan matakin ba shi da tushe a karkashin doka, kuma za mu yi duk abin da za mu iya don hana shi.’
Har ila yau, wasu sun danganta wannan matakin da Elon Musk, wanda Shugaba Trump ya nada a matsayin shugaban Sashen Ingantaccen Gudanar da Gwamnati (DOGE). Musk, wanda ba shi da izinin majalisa, ya yi kira da a rusa USAID, yana mai cewa hukumar ta kasance ‘gida na masu ra’ayin hagu.’
Daga karshe, wannan rikici ya haifar da cece-kuce game da yadda gwamnatin Trump ke amfani da ikonta, tare da masu adawa suna zargin cewa wannan matakin na nufin kawar da wani muhimmin sashi na taimakon kasa da kasa.
