Congressman Scott Perry revealed that USAID was channeling money to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups responsible for attacks on Christians.
Let that sink in. The agency sold to the American people as humanitarian aid — your tax dollars, sent abroad in your name — was, according to Perry, flowing to the very terrorist organizations that murder Christians and destabilize entire regions.
It is the same agency the Trump administration has been aggressively cutting and reforming. Now we know why the cuts couldn't come fast enough — and why the foreign-aid establishment fought them so hard. Every dollar sent through a broken pipeline is a dollar that can end up in the worst hands on earth.
Perry, the Pennsylvania Republican, has been one of Congress's most persistent voices demanding accountability for where American foreign aid actually goes. This revelation vindicates the administration's position completely: USAID wasn't just wasteful — it was dangerous. Reform wasn't optional. It was overdue.