Mark Wentling
Mark Wentling is an international development and humanitarian assistance specialist with over 40 years of relevant experience. He attended the U.S. National War College; international strategic studies program for selected senior members of U.S. armed forces and civilian Foreign Service agencies. US foreign assistance to poor people across the globe was a cost-effective and relatively efficient program. The Trump Administration weakened America’s soft power reducing influence over the policies of other countries favorable to the US, alienated many of our allies, cut off business, defense, trade and cultural opportunities, destroyed markets for many American farm products and killed thousands of our poorest and sickest allies. By surrendering America’s leadership, China, and other frenemies of the US and democracies, will be delighted to fill the leadership vacuum. No low-income country can trust the US again to be a dependable partner. Future assistance programs should focus on 42 of the poorest countries.
12.24.25
