One of the fascinating things about Donald Trump is that he can, and does, change the conversation with his way-out-there ideas and musings. Things that have been excluded from public discourse become ideas to be talked about, even if it is only to treat them dismissively.
Trump's moves to close USAID might have a ripple effect on similar development agencies in Europe.
Hundreds of millions that have flowed readily to anti-Israel NGOs might start to be questioned by citizens of Western Europe who are concerned about what their own taxes are paying for, and if the recipients align with their own national interest.
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spends about $2 billion annually on NGOs. A roughly similar amount is spent by Germany's Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). France, Sweden and Canada also give a lot of money to international NGOs.
