Posted on 01/24/2025 3:11:46 PM PST by Kazan
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Trump’s State Department halted funding for military aid to Ukraine for 90 days.
According to Politico, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued new guidance on Friday to temporarily halt spending on most foreign aid for 3 months.
Military funding for Egypt and Israel will continue.
Deep state officials in the State Department were reportedly shocked after Marco Rubio issued the new guidance.
The new guidance is effective immediately.
“State just totally went nuclear on foreign assistance,” a State Department official said according to Politico.
Politico reported:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine.
Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign assistance awards,” according to the document, which was obtained by POLITICO. It is effective immediately.
It appears to go further than President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which instructed the department to pause foreign aid grants for 90 days pending review by the secretary. It had not been clear from the president’s order if it would affect already appropriated funds or Ukraine aid.
The new guidance means no further actions will be taken to disperse aid funding to programs already approved by the U.S. government, according to three current and two former officials familiar with the new guidance.
This is a stark contrast to the last few years under the Biden Regime.
Joe Biden and Congress sent nearly $200 billion in aid and military assistance to Ukraine.
In September, the Biden Regime announced an eye-watering $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington.
This massive giveaway comes as Americans continue to face economic hardships, skyrocketing inflation, and an unprecedented crisis at the southern border.
Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Congress has approved nearly $175 billion in aid and military assistance for Ukraine.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations:
Since the war began, the U.S. Congress has voted through five bills that have provided Ukraine with ongoing aid, doing so most recently in April 2024. The total budget authority under these bills—the “headline” figure often cited by news media—is $175 billion.
The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related. Dozens of other countries, including most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), are also providing large aid packages to Ukraine.
Heh.
Trump is jumping on both sides. This war will end soon.
I’m pretty sure he’s going to apply pressure to both sides to come to an agreement.
Then if one doesn’t play nice...he’ll increase the pressure on that side and probably remove the pressure from the other.
Restore it to Israel!
We need that money here...HERE, HERE, not over there where that conflict which should have never happened is ongoing.
Same with the conflicts in and around Israel. That money is needed HERE.
The slop bucket is empty for the them They better figure out how to handle problems by themselves. Or go down the hole.
YES, YES, YES, YES! FINALLY!
The State Dept needs to also stop funding NGO’s that are promoting the migration of illegals into the US. Millions are given to them from State.
Why Egypt?
Unfortunately this was always going to end with UKR ceding territory. The fact that there will still BE a 🇺🇦 after this is winning for the Z-man.
“Hey, everyone! We’re going to end this stupid war!” - PDJT.
It's the company line. Get on board or drop your papers.
Great news.
Also froze the CIA front group, USAID.
Commies shocked that Trump is KEEPING HIS WORD, WOW what a concept, a politician saying he’s gonna do something and actually does it
Israel and Egypt are not included in the 90 day freeze.
Yes when we are broke to the tune of $37 trillion what business do we have borrowing more money to give to other countries?
Maybe this will shut the useful NAZI idiots up, or at least get them zotted.
That’s State officials who have been making money hand over fist with investments in the military industrial complex being shocked. Oh boo hoo!
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