In late May, Bono discussed the shuttering of USAID with Joe Rogan. “There’s food rotting in boats and warehouses,” Bono told the podcast host. “There is 50,000 tons of food.

Bono referred to the USAID employees as “the best of us.” USAID was created by former President John Kennedy in 1961 and was codified by Congress in 1998.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in a video farewell with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Bush, Obama and Bono bid farewell to USAID as researchers warn agency’s closure means 14m extra deaths Departing staff thanked by two former presidents and a rock legend as new study reveals ...

Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump's gutting of USAID on agency's last day Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development ...

Bono joins Obama and Bush in bidding emotional farewell to USAID workers fired by Trump: “You were the best of us” “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama added ...

UNITED STATES NEWS Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day Jun 30, 2025, 12:31 PM ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional ...

Bono: Stories Of Surrender is a hybrid of concert movie and visual memoir, featuring spoken word passages from the singer’s 2022 autobiography, “Surrender.” It is streaming on Apple TV+ now.

Obama, Bush, and Bono deliver emotional tributes as USAID shuts down, condemning Trump’s decision and warning of global fallout from U.S. aid cuts.

He jokingly hailed the USAID staffers as “secret agents of international development” in acknowledgment of the down-low nature of Monday’s unofficial gathering of the USAID community. Bono spoke ...