Liberia: Between the Lines of President Trump’s Speech On USAID Funding to Liberia

Liberia has found itself at the center of a narrative pushed by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk regarding the role of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In his address to Congress last night, the US President highlighted the $1.5 million USAID spent on election monitoring in Liberia. As a government official watching from my home in Monrovia, his statement compounded the concern and disappointment I had already felt at how our nation has been portrayed in various…