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.

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      4 hours ago

      They guy is just saying thank you for your service. I think what you did was worth it. It only sounds like a dig at Trump because it’s near impossible to say anything nice to anyone without it somehow being against him.