Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama joined Irish rock star and globalist darling Bono in a tearful farewell to the scandal-ridden U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which was officially dissolved this week after a federal probe exposed widespread corruption, fraud, and financial abuse.

Rather than acknowledge the agency’s failures, the trio instead used their appearance—delivered via videoconference—to attack President Donald J. Trump and his second-term reform agenda.

“Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama claimed in a pre-recorded video message to departing staff, according to The New York Post. “Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.” The former president went on to call the closure “a colossal mistake,” insisting that both parties would someday regret the decision.

But those inside the Trump administration, and across much of middle America, would argue it’s about time.

USAID was one of the first targets of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the waste-cutting watchdog launched by President Trump to drain the bureaucratic swamp. In one of his final acts as DOGE chief, Elon Musk didn’t hold back: “A viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America,” he called it.

By July 1, the bloated foreign aid agency was absorbed into the State Department, where its operations will be heavily streamlined under tighter scrutiny.

Bush, Bono, and the Billion-Dollar Boondoggle

Though Bush has largely avoided public criticism of President Trump, even he took aim at the closure—grieving the loss of a major pillar of his foreign policy legacy: PEPFAR, the U.S. AIDS relief program.

“You’ve showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart,” Bush told staff. “Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.”

Bono, who once called Trump “potentially the worst idea that ever happened to America,” recited a self-written poem blaming the shutdown for supposed future suffering.

“They called you crooks. When you were the best of us,” he said, offering no defense for the financial waste or corruption uncovered by federal auditors.

Rubio Lays Down the Law

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who served as acting USAID administrator during its final weeks, made clear in his announcement that the party was over.

“Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War,” Rubio declared. “Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown.”

He emphasized the change in direction: “This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end. Under the Trump Administration, we will finally have a foreign funding mission in America that prioritizes our national interests.”

Going forward, all foreign assistance will be routed through the State Department, with programs required to align with administration policy and undergo rigorous oversight.

Trump Exposes the Gravy Train

In a fiery March address to Congress, President Trump celebrated DOGE’s achievements, highlighting $22 billion in wasteful spending identified across the federal government—with USAID being a primary offender.

“Forty-five million dollars for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in Burma,” Trump said, listing absurd line items. “Forty million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is.

“Eight million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. Sixty million dollars for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in Central America. Sixty million. Eight million for making mice transgender,” he added.

For the Trump administration, it wasn’t just about waste—it was about restoring sanity and accountability to U.S. foreign aid. And now, that mission is well underway.