In late May, Bono discussed the shuttering of USAID with Joe Rogan. “There’s food rotting in boats and warehouses,” Bono told the podcast host. “There is 50,000 tons of food.

In the poem, Bono reportedly paid homage to the lifesaving work USAID did around the world, providing clean water and life-saving food shipments to the millions impacted by war and strife in Sudan ...

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in a video farewell with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

“Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy. Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world,” Obama said.

Bono referred to the USAID employees as “the best of us.” USAID was created by former President John Kennedy in 1961 and was codified by Congress in 1998.

Former Presidents Obama and George W. Bush, along with U2's Bono, are reportedly sending off U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staffers with a poignant video tribute.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in a video farewell with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.