Dismantling USAID while simultaneously proposing to take over Gaza reconstruction eliminates the very agency and institutional capacity that would be necessary to actually rebuild Gaza, demonstrating short-termism and inability to see how pieces fit together in foreign policy strategy.
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Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“ironically if he wanted to kind of rebuild Gaza he's actually destroying the agency that would do it um in usid and already the freeze on assistance is you know making it impossible for usid to fulfill just the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza”
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Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:23:32 AM
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