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Welcome to log off. Today is tough. I want to focus on the Trump administration's freezing of external assistance. This is a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.
What is the latest? People around the world feel the influence of Trump's first day's decision to freeze all external assistance. The New York Times has a series of pains. Sudan people lose access to the soup kitchen, and Thai war refugees turn their backs from the hospital, and the Ukrainian civilians lose access to the Fire.
At the beginning of this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered to temporarily exempt from freezing “save life”, but Propobika reported that it was at least in some cases on Friday. TIMES's report suggests that in addition to pause, the uncertainty about “saving life” will cause some important funds through cracks.
There is no way to sugar coat. Foreign aid rescues life, and freezes it costs money.
Is this funding normal? Absolutely not. Foreign assistance fluctuates between administration, and the law gives them a margin of how they are distributed. Each program may stall for a review. However, wholesale freezing is unprecedented.
What will come next? Politico reported that the Ministry of State was given for about three months to evaluate foreign aid, and then to Trump's recommendation to maintaining or stopping Rubio. However, Rubio expressed a deep skepticism on Friday, saying, “The US government is not a charity.”
And that's time to log off …
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