{"id":5140,"date":"2025-02-10T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T09:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:53:48","slug":"here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/here-is-what-to-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid-and-the-trump-freeze-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/31\/world\/asia\/trump-usaid-freeze.html\" title=\"\">thrown into turmoil<\/a> programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people across the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., is the main government organization that provides humanitarian aid, such as food, medical assistance and disaster relief. It has been hit the hardest by the freeze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence. The billionaire Elon Musk, who has been given the task of cutting federal budgets and programs, boasted online of \u201cfeeding U.S.A.I.D. into the wood chipper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration ordered thousands of the agency\u2019s workers to return to the United States from overseas, put them <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/us\/usaid-musk-trump-rubio-cuts.html\" title=\"\">on indefinite administrative leave<\/a> and shifted oversight of the agency to the State Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<p><h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3ab97078\">How much foreign aid does the U.S. provide?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In total, the United States spent nearly $72 billion on foreign assistance in 2023, which includes spending by U.S.A.I.D., the State Department and programs managed by agencies like the Peace Corps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a percentage of its economic output, the United States \u2014 which has the world\u2019s largest economy \u2014 gives much less in foreign aid than other developed countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S.A.I.D. spent <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-trump-usaid-agency.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">about $38 billion<\/a> on health services, disaster relief, anti-poverty efforts and other programs in fiscal year 2023 \u2014 about 0.7 percent of the federal budget. In 2021, before the war in Ukraine, it accounted for 0.4 percent.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4a7785de\">Who are the recipients?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s freeze on U.S. foreign aid does not apply to weapons support for countries like Israel and Egypt. Emergency food assistance is supposed to be exempt, but many such programs have suffered because of disruptions to the government\u2019s payment systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2023, the last year for which full data is available, Ukraine, which has been waging a war against Russia since Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion in February 2022, received $16.6 billion, the most U.S. assistance of any country or region. The bulk of that went to economic development, followed by humanitarian aid and security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel \u2014 which was attacked by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, setting off a 16-month war in Gaza \u2014 received the second-highest amount of U.S. assistance: $3.3 billion in 2023, mainly for security.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-449a73f3\">How is the money spent?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. foreign aid can be structured as direct financial assistance to countries through nongovernmental organizations; military support; food and medical aid; or technical expertise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Foreign aid can be a form of soft power, serving a country\u2019s strategic interests, strengthening allies and helping to prevent conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/us\/politics\/usaid-job-cuts.html\" title=\"\">In the case of U.S.A.I.D.<\/a>, money has gone toward humanitarian aid, development assistance and direct budget support <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/world\/europe\/ukraine-trump-aid-freeze.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">in Ukraine<\/a>, peace-building in Somalia, disease surveillance in Cambodia, vaccination programs in Nigeria, H.I.V. prevention in Uganda and maternal health assistance in Zambia. The agency has also helped to contain major outbreaks of Ebola and funded conservation and environmental programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Contrary to a claim by Mr. Trump, U.S. money has not been used to send <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-executive-orders-fact-check.html\" title=\"\">condoms to Gaza for use by Hamas<\/a>, health officials say. In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/internationalmedicalcorps.org\/press-release\/international-medical-corps-operations-in-gaza\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a> late last month, the International Medical Corps said that it had received more than $68 million from U.S.A.I.D. since October 2023 for its work in the enclave but that \u201cno U.S. government funding was used to procure or distribute condoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, the group said, the money was used to operate two field hospitals, treat and diagnose malnutrition, deliver more than 5,000 babies and perform 11,000 surgeries.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4fd3e2a3\">Why was the freeze ordered?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For years, conservative critics have questioned the value of U.S. foreign aid programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery dollar we spend, every program we fund and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions,\u201d Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/implementing-the-presidents-executive-order-on-reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid\/#:~:text=As%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Marco,it%20make%20America%20more%20prosperous%3F%E2%80%9D\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a recent statement<\/a>. \u201cDoes it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration and allies in Congress argue that the halt to foreign aid is necessary to investigate any waste. Many of their claims are misleading or lacked context.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Rubio, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/05\/politics\/video\/kfile-marco-rubio-usaid-foreign-aid-praise-ebof-digvid\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">previously spoke out in support of the agency<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/sv.usembassy.gov\/remarks-by-secretario-rubio-at-aeroman\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">blamed its employees<\/a> for \u201cdeciding that they\u2019re somehow a global charity separate from the national interest.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has insisted, however, that the takeover was \u201cnot about getting rid of foreign aid.\u201d He said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-marco-rubio-with-rich-edson-of-fox-news\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">during a recent Fox News interview<\/a>, \u201cWe have rank insubordination\u201d in the agency, adding that U.S.A.I.D. employees had been \u201ccompletely uncooperative.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As organizations across the globe reeled, the Trump administration switched gears. Mr. Rubio announced that \u201clifesaving humanitarian assistance\u201d could continue but that the reprieve would be \u201ctemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But by then, hundreds of senior officials and workers who help distribute American aid had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goats-and-soda\/2025\/01\/28\/g-s1-45132\/usaid-contract-employees-layoffs-trump\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">already been fired<\/a> or <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-usaid-officials.html\" title=\"\">put on leave<\/a>, and many aid efforts remain paralyzed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7003fd47\">What have been the effects of the aid freeze?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The immediate disruptions caused by Mr. Trump\u2019s foreign aid freeze have rippled across health care, security and humanitarian programs worldwide. The long-term consequences could reshape global health, research and political stability in many countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Health:<\/strong> Many global clinical trials rely on U.S.A.I.D. funding. The abrupt stop-work order has left thousands of people in vulnerable medical conditions without care, and with no system in place to monitor for adverse effects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Doctors now face a legal and ethical dilemma: Comply with the Trump freeze or risk harm to patients.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">In South Africa, researchers were forced to shut down an H.I.V. prevention trial, leaving women with experimental implants inside their bodies and without ongoing medical oversight.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">In Uganda, children enrolled in a tuberculosis treatment trial were cut off from potentially lifesaving medication.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">In Bangladesh, a cholera treatment trial has been abandoned, leaving patients with no plan for next steps.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The damage is compounded by Mr. Trump\u2019s announcement that the United States would withdraw from the World Health Organization, which then announced its own cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Security: <\/strong>In Syria, the executive order <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-rubio-foreign-aid.html\" title=\"\">threatens a U.S. program supporting security forces<\/a> inside a notorious camp, known as Al Hol, in the Syrian desert that holds tens of thousands of Islamic State members and their families, Syrian and U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Stability: <\/strong>American aid accounts for 15 percent of economic output in South Sudan, 6 percent in Somalia and 4 percent in the Central African Republic, according to Charlie Robertson, an economist who specializes in Africa. The U.S. ambassador in Mozambique told Mr. Rubio <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/02\/08\/us\/trump-administration-news#rubio-usaid-africa-cuts\" title=\"\">that proposed U.S.A.I.D. cuts<\/a> would cause \u201cmajor vulnerability\u201d in Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Climate and migration: <\/strong>Many U.S.A.I.D. programs focused on helping people in poor countries <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/08\/climate\/us-aid-climate-migration.html\" title=\"\">cope with extreme weather caused by climate change<\/a>, in the hopes that it would relieve the pressure to migrate to the United States.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-53d2d62\">What was the reaction to the Trump order?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Democratic lawmakers said the moves to dismantle U.S.A.I.D. or merge it with the State Department were illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two unions representing U.S.A.I.D. employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit arguing that the reduction in personnel and the cancellation of global aid contracts were unconstitutional and violated the separation of powers. It argued that U.S.A.I.D. cannot be unwound without the approval of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday afternoon, Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order pausing the administrative leave of 2,200 U.S.A.I.D. employees and a plan to withdraw nearly all the agency\u2019s overseas workers within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agency has funded election-monitoring groups, anticorruption watchdogs and independent news outlets \u2014 exactly the kind of oversight that authoritarian leaders detest. Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/world\/europe\/usaid-russia-putin.html\" title=\"\">welcomed the Trump administration\u2019s assault on U.S.A.I.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, who has embraced strongman tactics to crack down on gang violence, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1886059275174506850\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a post on X<\/a> that the agency\u2019s funds had been \u201cfunneled into opposition groups, NGOs with political agendas and destabilizing movements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins 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