[Correspondence] Global health after USAID cuts

On July 1, 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was officially terminated by the second Trump administration. The move prompted widespread condemnation and panic, though largely concentrated in Europe and North America.1 Some have mourned the loss of US jobs,2 while others have lamented the fading influence of US foreign policy and amplified the pragmatic justification that the move is detrimental to US soft power.3