[BeauBo]

Foreign aid is usually just taxing poor people in rich countries, to give it to rich people in poor countries.

Good government policies are what matter, and Africa has been plagued by socialist BS.

[Ohioan]

It is more insidious than what you suggest, although it can certainly have that aspect.

But consider the pre-Trump policy of our foreign service since 1950:

"Democracy" In The Third World.