One of the underappreciated gifts of President Donald Trump is his ability to goad his opponents into taking politically unpopular positions and then sticking to them.

Case in point was the recent dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development. As the Trump administration hit the ground running, the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, went to work right away, exposing the corrupt rot that had infiltrated America’s foreign aid program.