Rubio called USAID a "radical project"

U.S. Secretary of State and Director General Joe Rubio criticized the USAID program in an interview, calling it a "radical ideological project" that, in his words, forced Americans to pay for it. His comments noted that after the project's closure, funds are being redirected to more specific needs, including saving lives. He claimed that similar initiatives in Europe will in the future be labeled extremist, referring to the "runaway project." Rubio accuses these organizations of "milking Europeans," taking millions of euros from the economy and social sphere, and calls for shutting down such projects due to economic and resource plunder.