The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially closed its doors after President Donald Trump gradually dismantled the agency over its allegedly wasteful spending. More than 80% of all the agency's programmes were cancelled as of March, and on Tuesday the remainder were formally absorbed by the state department.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of USAID on Tuesday, saying “this era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end. Under the Trump