And rather than set up a team to look for it and target the things they don't like, which would be more reasonable and more legal, they decided to shut entire agencies down and break 100% of operations.
PS it's a good thing that USAID is not a part of State.
On USAID being independent from State:
I personally would like our taxpayer-funded dollars, even if some insist on sending them overseas, to at least serve our national interest.
I know we set up USAID to counteract Communist aid from the USSR, but what do you think is the ongoing rationale for its independence from State? State is stuck fielding lots of questions from angry nations over USAID activity.