In what critics have described as “money laundering” of taxpayer dollars to left-wing advocates, USAID often distributes taxpayer money to NGOs that support liberal causes, some of which the government would not be able to advance directly.

President Donald Trump announced he was ordering a review of funding for all nongovernmental organizations and planned to cancel support for groups his administration deems are not working in the interests of the US.

President Donald Trump on Friday issued a memo demanded a review of federal funding for nongovernmental organizations and for an end to groups that he believes "undermine the national interest."

President Trump on Friday called for a review of federal funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and for a halt on spending to groups that “undermine the national interest.” “The United States Government has provided significant taxpayer dollars to [NGOs],

President Trump wants all federal funding that goes to nongovernmental organizations to be reviewed and then halted if the dollars go to groups that “undermine the national interest.”