America First: Rubio Initiates 90 Day Review Of All Foreign Aid As Ordered By Trump…Meanwhile, In NC

Posted • January 25, 2025: Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio hit the ground running, initiating President Trump's 'America First' agenda by announcing a 90-day pause on almost all US foreign aid spending. -- US aid programs see funding nearly halted worldwide: State department https://www.newsweek.com/us-aid-programs-see-funding-nearly-halted-worldwide-state-department-2020622 -- The 90-day halt to spending will allow Rubio and the Stae Department to review all foreign aid programs as instructed by an executive order signed by President Trump on Monday. […] Program reviews are intended to assure that US dollars are being spent effectively and in accordance with US foreign policy as set by the Trump Administration. The United States is the world leader in foreign aid, spending $60 billion in 2023. Trump's EO includes a waiver that allows the Secretary of State to waive the pause in spending for specific programs, such as emergency food aid.

Marco Rubio will report the findings of his department's review to the President. […] News of the spending freeze has been well-received by many Americans, especially in disaster areas like western North Carolina, which, just a few months ago, was told by the Biden Administration that FEMA had no money for them while they continued to send billions overseas. Then-candidate Trump promised to fix that when he was on the campaign trail. This is a first step in keeping that promise. -- I know it may seem insignificant to some… …but Trump signing a 90-day pause on ALL foreign aid means so much. I cannot describe the despair I felt on nights we delivered RVs to families that were sleeping in a shed in WNC, only to see Biden give billions to other countries. -- Finally, our tax money will stay home to help Americas not just being sent everywhere else in the world. America first is working! It's sad that we've reached the point where spending American tax dollars on Americans first seems like a foreign idea. (…)

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