Singer for the band U2, Bono, had called out the decision made by President Donald Trump to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), according to an article by NME. President Trump had decided to dismantle the agency on his first day in office. Along with Bono, former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush paid their tribute to the USAID workers. The workers had been fired since the current president had dismantled the agency. Bono had gone onto the Joe Rogan podcast and talked about the current situation. He had claimed that the cuts will eventually cause more than 300,000 deaths around the world.

On June 30, 2025, the singer joined the two former presidents, Obama and Bush and gave a farewell to those who had been laid off. The video for the workers had not been publicly shared, but it had been reported by the Associated Press. In the video, the singer praised the USAID workers and called them “secret agents of international development.” He had also recited a poem that he had written and mentioned the children that he thinks will die of malnutrition, without the help of USAID. He praised the workers and the work that they do, claiming that they do lifesaving work around the world, like providing clean water and food supplies to millions of people who were affected by war. “They called you crooks. When you were the best of us,” said Bono.