(Washington) Donald Trump asked the US Congress to approve the abolition of an additional $ 4.9 billion in international aid, an announcement said on Friday, an announcement that has greatly increased the probabilities of federal state paralysis.
The removal of the state programs of the State Department programs as well as the United States agency for international development, and international assistance programs, “said the letter sent to the Republican President of the House of Representatives and shared by the White House budget office.
President Trump “will always put America first,” wrote the office on X.
The Democrats had recently warned that any desire to return to funds already approved by the congress would destroy any possibility of negotiating with them to avoid budgetary paralysis, the famous “Shutdown”, after September 30.
According to the New York Postwhich revealed information Thursday evening, the vast majority of cuts – $ 3.2 billion – would intervene in the funds allocated to the American Agency for International Development (USAID).
Donald Trump had already frozen billions of dollars intended for international aid since his return to the White House and has formally dismantled USAID, now absorbed in the State Department, in charge of American diplomacy.
The largest humanitarian agency worldwide, USAID was involved in health and emergency aid programs in around 120 countries.
In July, an international study revealed that the collapse of American funding dedicated to international aid could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030 among the most vulnerable, including a third of children.
