The Trump administration is moving closer to unveiling a dramatic overhaul to how U.S. foreign aid is distributed
President Donald Trump is moving closer to unveiling a dramatic overhaul of how America should distribute foreign aid, one that would channel money to “friends and allies” and prioritize countries that “support” America’s goals.
“We’re not going to bring countries over to our side by saying, ‘If you want anything from us you gotta take nothing from them,’ because China’s not forcing that choice,” added Jeremy Konyndyk, a former top official with the U.S. Agency for International Development during the Obama administration.Sign Up
“This feels a lot more transactional than the way we’ve approached foreign aid in modern times,” said one aid expert who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Trump approach appears to be: “We are providing assistance to our friends, we’re getting something out of it, and we’d better get something out of it soon.”
To that end, the U.S. should “redirect, reconfigure, reduce or eliminate foreign assistance that is supporting governments and non-state actors under the strong influence of United States competitors and adversaries,” the draft says. “When foreign aid goes to countries that take our generosity and bite our hand, rather than link up arms with us, it’s time to stop it,” Haley wrote.
Trump has a complicated view of foreign aid. He has spoken positively about it as a tool for advancing U.S. interests, and yet he’s repeatedly proposed cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid from the U.S. budget. He’s also faced criticism that he is That means a country such as Egypt, which activists regularly slam for its poor human rights record, is likely to keep receiving large amounts of U.S. aid because it helps the U.S. counter terrorist groups and foreign adversaries in the Middle East.
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