President Trump meets West African leaders as US shifts from aid to self-sufficiency partnerships.

US President Donald Trump hosted leaders from five West African countries—Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania, and Guinea-Bissau—at the White House amid the region's struggle with US aid cuts. The meeting focused on economic development, security, and infrastructure cooperation. Trump's administration dissolved the US Agency for International Development and shifted focus to partnerships that emphasize self-sufficiency rather than aid, a move critics claim will lead to millions of additional deaths by 2030 due to reduced aid.