Trump suspends foreign aide to make sure it aligns with what he wants

One of the biggest chunks of waste in the federal budget is foreign aide. We pay money out to people who hate us, help support governments that work against this nation, and basically do nothing of value with the money. Trump has suspended this boondoggle for 90 days to evaluate that it aligns with the goals of the American people. This has never been done that I know of, and shows how this administration is going to reshape the government to get rid of corruption.

I have personally covered the waste that is foreign aide many times over the years before I started this channel. It is good for this nation that we start evaluating what money we are sending out to all of these nations. Taxpayers should not keep paying for all these nations, especially when so many in this nation are needing help. For that matter, less spending means that we can cut taxes after we get debt under control. It is part of something that Democrats will never understand, but good business folks do.

The Order

Here, via the White House, is the executive order stopping foreign aide.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/

Section 1. Purpose. The United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values. They serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of United States that no further United States foreign assistance shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.

Sec. 3. (a) 90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy. All department and agency heads with responsibility for United States foreign development assistance programs shall immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implementing non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors pending reviews of such programs for programmatic efficiency and consistency with United States foreign policy, to be conducted within 90 days of this order. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shall enforce this pause through its apportionment authority.

(b) Reviews of United States foreign assistance programs. Reviews of each foreign assistance program shall be ordered by the responsible department and agency heads under guidelines provided by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of OMB.

(c) Determinations. The responsible department and agency heads, in consultation with the Director of OMB, will make determinations within 90 days of this order on whether to continue, modify, or cease each foreign assistance program based upon the review recommendations, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

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