US freezes new funding for aid programs, except for Israel and Egypt Donald Trump News

The Trump Administration is pushing for new funding for the Anti-HIV program and other health services, except for essential food programs.

The administration of the President of the United States Donald Trunger announced almost all the new money for foreign aid programs, without the views of the parents of Israel and Egypt.

The order from the US State Department on Friday includes exceptions for emergency food programs, but not health programs that they say provide essential, life-saving services.

At the same time, newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Marco Rubio directed senior officials to “ensure that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, no new commitments will be made with foreign aid”.

People’s organizations quickly expressed alarm at the work, fearing that it could contribute to the work of the world and the loss of life.

“By suspending development aid, the Trump administration threatens the lives and futures of communities in pain, and abandons the long-standing bipartisan approach that supports people, regardless of politics,” said Max Maxy, Head of Oxfam America, said statement.

A Temporary Freeze is a slide that lasts for at least three months. In the first 85 days, Rubio is expected to make “decisions on whether to continue, modify, or terminate programs”, according to the memo.

Among the health programs that are expected to receive the Fining Freeze is the President’s Emergency AIDS Relief Program, also known as Pepfar.

Established in 2003 under the George W Bush administration, pepfar enjoyed bipartisan support for two decades, until Congress missed a deadline to renew its funding in 2023. Its funding gets an extension through March 2025, but that is set to expire within a three-month window.

Experts estimate that PEPFAR has helped save about 25 million lives since it first began.

Left untouched by the snow helps Israel and Egypt, who received two American soldiers.

Both countries have faced scrutiny of their personnel records and calls to withdraw US aid in exchange for major reforms.

Friday’s memo specifically mentioned the waivers of “foreign military funds of Israeli and Egyptian funds and administrative expenses, including salaries, which are required to control foreign military funds”.

There was no indication of a similar amnesty for Ukraine, which relies heavily on US military aid in its fight against a full-scale Russian attack launched in February 2022.

The US will spend more than $60bn on foreign aid by 2023, more than any other country.

But that money costs about 1 percent of what the US government spends. In the aftermath of Friday’s memo, other aid projects around the world received stop-work orders.

“This is a hunt,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former official of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

He shared his anger with Reuters News Agency. “This is going to kill people. I mean, if it’s done as written in that thread… a lot of people are going to die.”