A nation's foreign policy is a pretty accurate reflection of its psyche and what is going on in the body politic at the time, making the JFK-era expansion of USAID a signal of a country that saw itself as a newly minted superpower with an expansive vision of defending freedom and buttressing international institutions, whereas the Trump era dismantling of USAID reflects a nation that feels like it's growing smaller both literally in size and in self-conception.