Former president makes thinly veiled swipe at US president’s cuts to HIV and aids initiative
George W Bush has issued a rare critique of Donald Trump over his shuttering of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The former president joined Barack Obama and U2 singer Bono in an emotional video call farewell with staff at the agency on Monday when it officially ceased operations.
After six decades, the humanitarian organisation created by former president John F Kennedy to promote US national security by boosting prosperity and goodwill abroad, is being absorbed into the State Department under the supervision of Marco Rubio.
My first thought was “surely Bush is too fucking old to be able to shoot anyone”, but surprise, Bush, who hasn’t been the president for nearly 20 years, is younger than Trump…