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I think we'll turn it around, though stuff like USAID is going to be difficult to bring back quickly. Institutions like NOAA will need to be rebuilt. There will need to be strong anti-corruption measures as well.
Considering USAID has always been a system primarily for regime change and undermining other countries, the pivot away from it and towards more overt control of other countries is a signifier of the US Empire losing its grasp on the rest of the world, which is fantastic news for the Global South.
USAID wasn't doing what you think it's been doing. It's basically the CIA's little brother, so to speak.