Rwandan President praises ‘unconventional’ Trump, says ‘we might learn some lessons’ with USAID shutdown

Rwandan President Paul Kagame responded to President Donald Trump's calls to unopen down a monolithic US government assistance programme that has paid retired millions of dollars to his state successful an interrogation with CNN. 

"President Trump has an unconventional mode of doing things," Kagame said successful an interrogation with CNN newsman Larry Madowo from Monday. "I wholly hold with him connected galore things." 

Trump has repeatedly signaled that the US Agency for International Development (USAID), should beryllium unopen down and cease to administer payer funds astir the satellite to assistance and alleviation projects. He antecedently told reporters connected Sunday that USAID is "run by extremist lunatics." 

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame responded to President Donald Trump's calls to unopen down a monolithic US authorities assistance programme that has paid retired millions of dollars to his state successful an interrogation with CNN.  (Getty Images)

When pressed by a CNN newsman to explicate however the shutdown of USAID mightiness negatively impact Rwanda, Kagame said that the state mightiness really payment from the cessation of USAID funds. 

"I deliberation from being hurt, we mightiness larn immoderate lessons," helium said. 

Trump, on with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, besides the caput of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), person targeted USAID and different authorities agencies for further scrutiny for wasteful spending. 

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Trump, on with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, besides the caput of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), person targeted USAID and different authorities agencies for further scrutiny for wasteful spending.  (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

However, Trump's attempts to enactment 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development connected permission were stalled by tribunal action. 

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, besides agreed to artifact an bid that would person fixed conscionable 30 days for the thousands of overseas USAID workers the medication wanted to spot connected abrupt administrative permission to determination their families backmost to the U.S. astatine the government's expense.

Trump has besides signaled that DOGE, which is tasked with eliminating authorities spending and discarded and streamlining operations, volition analyse the Education Department and the Pentagon. 

Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report.

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