Peter Marocco resurfaces to cancel nearly 50 more grants at USADF

After taking an ax to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Peter Marocco largely faded into the background. But today, he resurfaced — continuing his campaign to dismantle the U.S. African Development Foundation.

“Posting for @USADF,” Marocco wrote on his X account on Tuesday morning. “Follow for U.S. African Development Foundation notices and updates.”

For months, Morocco was at the center of the Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle U.S. foreign aid. He served in a leadership role at every agency he unraveled, gutting programs, downsizing staff, and cutting contracts across the country’s foreign assistance apparatus.

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