New Delhi:
The person who is being talked about the most in the world at present is American President Donald Trump. As soon as Trump took command of America, there is panic in the entire world. The decisions that Trump is taking seem to be affecting the whole world. This is the reason why there is an uproar all over the world regarding the decision of the American President. The US froze almost all foreign aid on Friday, except emergency and military aid to Israel and Egypt. Trump’s decision has also affected Ukraine which is fighting a war with Russia. It is worth noting that during Joe Biden’s tenure, Ukraine was given a lot of help from America.
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What is the impact of Trump’s decision?
Trump’s directive also means that US funding will be halted for at least several months for PEPFAR, an anti-HIV/AIDS initiative that provides anti-retroviral drugs to treat the disease in developing countries, primarily in Africa. Buys medicines. In 2003, President George W. PEPFAR, started during Bush’s tenure, is credited with saving approximately 26 million lives. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also made an exception for the US contribution to emergency food aid.
Lawmakers from the rival Democratic Party said more than 20 million people depend on the drug through PEPFAR and 63 million depend on US-funded malaria prevention efforts.
What did the US Secretary of State say
It has been asked to conduct an internal review of all foreign aid within 85 days. Justifying the freeze, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that it was impossible for the new administration to assess whether existing foreign aid commitments are not duplicative, are effective, and are consistent with President Trump’s foreign policy. The United States has long been the world’s top donor in dollar terms, although many European countries, particularly Scandinavia, donate significantly more as a percentage of their economies.
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Trump stopped funding as soon as he became president
The United States provided more than $64 billion in foreign development assistance in 2023, the last year for which records are available, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which advises industrialized countries. Trump signed an executive order suspending foreign aid for 90 days upon taking office on Monday, but it was not immediately clear how it would be enforced.
Oxfam said Trump is abandoning America’s long-standing consensus on foreign aid. “Humanitarian and development assistance makes up just one percent of the federal budget; it saves lives, fights disease, educates millions of children, and reduces poverty,” Oxfam America president Abby Maxman said in a statement. “Suspending and eliminating many of these programs could mean life and death for countless children and families in crisis,” he said.
