The Trump administration has drastically altered US foreign aid by cutting 83% of the programs associated with the Agency for International Development (USAID). Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this strategy and explained that remaining aid would be transitioned to the State Department. This decision follows a sweeping purge triggered by Trump’s administration, which included a freeze on foreign assistance and focused aid delivery primarily on core humanitarian services, excluding specific programs related to reproductive health and diversity efforts.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump announces an immediate 90-day freeze on all US foreign assistance, including more than $40 billion for international projects.
The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
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