Foreign aid is money taken from poor people in rich countries and given to rich people in poor countries.
The media masters have issued an alert.
/humor
Posted on 01/01/2018 9:20:30 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump threatened to end U.S. foreign aid for Pakistan Monday in his first tweet of 2018 — a move that comes amid strained ties over America’s decade-long war in Afghanistan.
In an early-morning post, he accused Islamabad of harboring terrorists.
“Our sacrifices should be acknowledged”
The U.S. has repeatedly called on Pakistan to crack down on extremists in its border regions, including militants in the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, and warned in August that it was withholding millions of dollars in military assistance.
“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” Trump wrote. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"
It was not immediately clear what had prompted the president to comment on Pakistan.
However, the New York Times reported Friday that Pakistan had refused to allow U.S. access to a militant captured in October during the rescue operation for American hostage Caitlan Coleman and her family. NBC News could not confirm that report.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Aid to Paks, Turkey, China and Russia should have ended a year ago. Along with every other country I can think of except Israel.
Yes we are so stupid we give ‘aid’ to China and Russia.
We are paying to completely rebuild the entire infrastructure of some African city - I think it is Dar es Salaam.
Our government is completely, insanely, out of control.
If the US ended aid to Israel’s hostile neighbors, Israel would be happy to give up their US aid.
Don’t “threaten”, DO!!!!!
Foreign aid is money taken from poor people in rich countries and given to rich people in poor countries.
The media masters have issued an alert.
/humor
See Post #2
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