What is the Trump Administration Doing with Foreign Aid Money?

The billions of dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent. What is the Trump administration doing with that money now?

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ProPublica reports: “Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and slashed their budgets.

Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global health and pro-democracy causes around the world. With most of the old programs now gone, however, we wanted to know: What is the Trump administration doing with that money now?”

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