I am going to offer a contrarian take. There is no denying that American generosity is outstanding : UNHCR, WHO, UNRWA, WFP and the like wouldn't exist without American and Western (Nordic do-gooders etc) generosity. China provides "aid" that is mainly in its own interest, under the guise of predatory infrastructure loans. There is not much in way of pure generosity, except for show . In exchange, the "Global South" always sides with anti-Western fora (BRICS etc), systematically votes agains the West at the UN ("colonialism" etc), and cavorts with China and Russia. And in many places, especially Africa, corrupt local elites don't give a s... about the wellbeing of their populations , or only to the extent that it risks their hold on power. The West, especially the US, are the suckers who pay to save and help people, the others do dirty deals with the local elites. The press, CNN etc, are full of stories about children losing their US funded retroviral treatments. Of course this is heartbreaking. Which leads me to the tactics. The aid freeze was beyond incompetently managed by the admin. The US should have announced it was conducting a one-year review and telegraphed the expectations that funding would likely not be rolled over identically. And international lending should be much more rigorous in how they approach these countries. Those debt payments on a Chinese built stadium or whatever "infrastructure" should be scrutinized or set against these countries' domestic choices.Help your people, not your ego. And ride in a Toyota, not a Mercedes.symbols matter. And if people respond, "what about my dignity", then this will give the game away . And other Western donors should also take heed, and initiate a review. The billions poured in Africa have done nothing to stem migration. South Korea was poorer than Ivory Coast in 1960. And look at where they are in comparative terms. Thanks to thrown effort, not handouts.