Before Peter Marocco was selected to dismantle USAID on behalf of President Donald Trump, he was an official with the State Department on a diplomatic mission.

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.

In late January, as droves of Palestinians fled their razed cities in search of safety, Israel’s military asked for 3,000 more bombs from the American government.

Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law.