Bush directly criticized the Trump administration's move to fold the U.S. Agency for International Development into the State Department on Monday during a video tribute for the agency's staffers.

Former Presidents Obama and Bush condemned Donald Trump’s closure of USAID. Obama called the move “a colossal mistake,” while Bush defended USAID’s role in saving lives through programs like PEPFAR.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in an emotional video farewell with staffers of the U.S.