President Donald Trump's second administration has made the US Organization for International Development (USAID) a major target for spending cuts. Under Trump, Elon Musk-led Government Efficiency (DOGE) is taking foreign aid agencies seriously. Both American allies and enemies are aware of it.
In an exclusive interview with the United Nations Fox News Digital, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó did not hide his scorn against USAID. While claiming he has no interest in thwarting US domestic issues, Szijjártó spoke about what he saw from the agency under former President Joe Biden.
“The previous administrations were unable to digest our lack of preparedness to abandon our national position. We were not prepared to give up representing our national interests,” said Syjart. told Fox News Digital. “And we weren't prepared to abandon the illiberal, patriotic, conservative type of approach.”
Former President Joe Biden will speak on Friday, September 15th, 2023 at the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Szijjártó also funded “a completely foreign and strange program compared to other countries' cultures and heritage” by the Biden administration using USAID to “destabilize the situation in other countries” He accused him of providing it.
“If you ask us that there is a 90-day revision period for payments About USAID Others, we are very happy,” added Shijart.
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Trump's longtime ally Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban also tore the USAID after it was reported that government agencies were funding politics.
“For years, we had to endure the super-transmitting of mainstream media and the self-proclaimed human rights champions demonized patriotic political forces for years,” Orban said. It was paid to do so. USAID and the previous, leftist US administration. [Trump]:This is too big and too dirty to hide. ”
White House press chief Karoline Leavitt confirmed during a press conference Wednesday that “over $8 million in taxpayer dollars” had made it to Politico, with Doge saying “we are working on cancelling these payments.” ” he added. However, the publication denied that it was a “beneficiary of government programs.”
Musk, who has turned to Trump's cost-cutting efforts through Doge, described the institution as “a nest of radical left Marxist vipers who hate America.”
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On Monday, Trump's White House said:Waste and abuse“USAID included $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt, funding the DEI program in the Serbian workplace, and $47,000 for Colombia's “transgender opera.”
White House “It also spends “never millions of dollars” on irrigation canals, agricultural equipment and even fertilizers used to support unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan.” He criticized him, adding that this “profits the Taliban.”
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At the end of the list, the White House noted that the highlighted examples are part of a long list of projects.
“Wild, fraud and abuse are now over under President Trump,” the White House added.
