Fraud and waste are one side of the problem, but the other is when aid programs got used to push outside agendas that damaged trust with allies. Japan, for example, has always been a loyal partner — yet even there, globalist cultural pressures sometimes created unnecessary friction. Respect and sovereignty make for much stronger alliances than bureaucracy or ideology ever did.
Fraud and waste are one side of the problem, but the other is when aid programs got used to push outside agendas that damaged trust with allies. Japan, for example, has always been a loyal partner — yet even there, globalist cultural pressures sometimes created unnecessary friction. Respect and sovereignty make for much stronger alliances than bureaucracy or ideology ever did.