Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.
President Trump’s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people across the globe.
The government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., has been hit the hardest. Mr. Trump has accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence.
The Trump administration ordered thousands of the agency’s workers to return to the United States from overseas; put all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, on indefinite administrative leave; and shifted oversight of the agency to the State Department.
On Thursday, the Trump administration announced plans to gut the agency’s staff, reducing U.S.A.I.D.’s work force of more than 10,000 to perhaps a few hundred. On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked elements of the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the agency, though the aid freeze remains in effect.
Critics say Mr. Trump’s executive order will cause a humanitarian catastrophe and undermine America’s influence, reliability and global standing.
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Ukraine
$16.6 billion
Israel
$3.3 billion
Syria
$900 million
Jordan
$1.7 billion
Lebanon
$640 million
Egypt
$1.5 billion
West Bank
and Gaza
$112 million
Iraq
$593 million
Afghanistan
$1.3 billion
Nigeria
$1 billion
Ethiopia
$1.8 billion
Colombia
$705 million
Somalia
$1.2 billion
Israel
$3.3 billion
Syria
$900 million
Ukraine
$16.6 billion
Jordan
$1.7 billion
Lebanon
$640 million
Egypt
$1.5 billion
West Bank
and Gaza
$112 million
Iraq
$593 million
Europe
North
America
Asia
Africa
Afghanistan
$1.3 billion
South
America
Nigeria
$1 billion
Australia
Ethiopia
$1.8 billion
Colombia
$705 million
Somalia
$1.2 billion