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A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine
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1/29/2025
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The Veterans Support Centre in Western Ukraine is a vital resource for veterans of the war
00:05
with Russia, offering advice on benefits, financial assistance and job opportunities.
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But after the U.S. State Department froze nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, its
00:16
future is unclear.
00:18
Workshops, lectures, educational events, informational events, everything we have been doing for
00:24
four years in Venice, we have to put on hold.
00:28
Hundreds of aid programs are on edge after U.S. President Donald Trump paused trillions
00:34
of dollars in federal spending, domestic and foreign.
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The global impact of U.S. foreign aid is massive.
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It funds programs fighting disease, malnutrition and human trafficking, security programs and
00:47
aid for pregnant women and babies.
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Three million lives a year are saved just from U.S. aid-funded immunization programs.
00:55
The White House says Trump ordered the freeze to root out any funding that isn't consistent
01:00
with his agenda.
01:02
So what does this pause mean?
01:04
It means no more funding for illegal DEI programs.
01:07
It means no more funding for the Green New Scam that has cost American taxpayers tens
01:12
of billions of dollars.
01:14
It means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy
01:19
and agencies.
01:21
Initially, only emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt were exempt
01:27
from the foreign aid pause.
01:29
But after international uproar, Secretary of State Marco Rubio granted a waiver to continue
01:34
funding humanitarian programs that provide life-saving medicine, medical services, food,
01:40
shelter and subsistence assistance.
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Still, many organizations are unclear whether they are allowed to operate and worry about
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losing staff and infrastructure.
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Trump's order is being challenged in U.S. courts.
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And Tuesday, a judge temporarily blocked the directive.
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The White House says it will defend the funding freeze.
02:02
And this fight is likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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