@bonifartius @freemo That's not quite true. Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961 that mandated such an agency be created. That requirement of Congressional law was implemented by executive order.
So, in theory, the President could maybe shut it down to reorganize it into a new agency, but he absolutely cannot unilaterally shut down contracts for which Congress has appropriated funding.
@bonifartius If it was done before, and Ic ant speak to that, then it was just as wrong then.