For three years, the United States has been something of a haven for tennis players from Ukraine.
Then came the past two weeks. President Donald Trump and his top diplomats have been pushing Ukraine to give up some of its mineral resources, in exchange for their continued support in its war with Russia. Humanitarian assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been in jeopardy since Trump directed Elon Musk, an unelected “special government employee”, and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is named for an internet meme featuring a dog, to shut down the agency.
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