I previously wrote about "Fighting the Middle State," and at least on that count Trump has not disappointed. He has left the Democrats showing slavish devotion to the federal bureaucracy and the "NGO" sector which employs a veritable army of the useless and over-educated. Most notably, the Trump administration is doing its best to end the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and has also tried to shut down the Voice of America propaganda network—though at every step the Federal Judiciary has attempted to block these moves. Critics cry out that not only will this cause mass death but that it is the end of U.S. "soft power," but few of those liberals ask if these programs work or deliver anything for the American people—or for that matter, people in the recipient countries.

To hear the liberals tell it, USAID and other such programs are largely based on the goodwill of the global elite, but simultaneously are good for U.S. business and function as soft power. At best, when used properly, these programs primarily function to employ administrators, enrich pharmaceutical companies, and keep agriculture commodity prices up by buying excess birdseed off of farmers to ship to foreign countries. In countries receiving aid it prevents economic development and breeds dependency and corruption.