Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an exemption from President Trump's presidential order, which pauses almost all foreign aid during the examination period, to exempt the “humanitarian support to save lives.”
The President of Trump, issued on the first day of his inauguration, paused 90 days of US foreign development aid and instructed a review of a foreign aid program in line with Trump's “American First” foreign policy.
The Presidential Order also included exemptions from the Secretary of State to abandon the rules of “specific programs.”
“In order to execute President Trump's presidential order on re -evaluation and reorganization of US foreign aid, I approved the addition of suspension of suspension to support humanitarian support that saves life during the examination period.” Rubio stated in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement instructed the “implementation” of the program to save lives to “follow or restart the work if the instructions are outlined by the abandonment of this right.”
“This resumption is essentially temporary, and new contracts will not be concluded, except for the limited exceptions necessary to continue the humanitarian support program that saves life.”
Exemption is on Tuesday, humanitarian support to save lives is the other “rational” management costs required to provide assistance, and “medical services, medical services, food, shelters, and self -sufficiency support that save lives. I specified to point to.
This exemption does not apply to abortion, family planning, gender or diversity, fairness and inclusive ideology program, transgender surgery, etc.
Following Trump's presidential order, the State Department has imposed a wide range of US funds for overseas projects, except for military assistance and food programs in Egypt and Israel. It has reduced billions of dollars to prevent corruption, development, health, and other programs.
According to the AP communication, the United States allocated about $ 60 billion to help the world around the world in 2023.
Trump's presidential orders have paused foreigners, causing concerns about the effects of such a suspension between the Ukraine and Taiwanese allies and the Middle East between the Democratic Party and some Republican members. Ta.
Gregory Miks (NY) and Lois Frankel (Florida) -Top Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, the House of Representatives National Security, the Ministry of State and the Top Democratic Party of the Related Program Budgets Committee wrote a letter to Rubio on Friday. In order to cancel foreign aid, it has expressed concern that it is “danger” and states that it will “impair American leadership and reliability around the world.”
“Foreign aid is not a distribution material,” he wrote. “It's a strategic investment in the future of the US global leadership and a more solicited world. It is an ally that directly serve our national interests and depend on American assistance for survival. Show our reliability for partners and vulnerable people.
“Currently, global events are being developed in Syria and Lebanon, and it is undoubtedly in the United States' national interests to form these events,” he said. “We are threatening to pause all the current programs and not respond to new opportunities, threatening to transfer this space to Iran and other enemies, and weaken promising regional development.”
