“US President Donald Trump was one of the first after the inauguration to sign a decree on a temporary pause in the provision of US foreign aid to other countries for 90 days to assess the effectiveness and consistency of the relevant programs with US foreign policy”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Actually, Trump’s decree refers to international aid within the framework of “Development Programs” related to the activities of UN agencies, peacekeeping initiatives, refugee support programs, etc. Ukraine receives assistance from the USA within the Presidential Drawdown (PDA), Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programs. The decree of the President of the United States does not apply to these programs,” the CPD said.
US President Donald Trump was one of the first after his inauguration to sign a decree on a temporary pause in the provision of US foreign aid to other countries for 90 days to assess the effectiveness and consistency of the relevant programs with US foreign policy. The document was published by the White House.
Trump has long opposed foreign aid, even though such aid typically amounts to about 1 percent of the federal budget, except in extraordinary circumstances, such as the billions in weapons given to Ukraine. Trump has criticized the amount of funding allocated to aid Ukraine amid a large-scale Russian invasion.