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Executive Order 14169, titled "Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid", is an executive order signed by U.S. president Donald Trump hours after he took office 20 January 2025 ordering a 90-day pause on all U.S. foreign development assistance programs in order to conduct a review.
The order to pause foreign aid is part of a broader Trump administration effort to pull back on America’s engagement abroad ― by, for example, withdrawing from the World Health Organization.
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance pending assessments of efficiencies and consistency with his foreign policy.
USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could reduce wasteful spending, Republicans say. USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list.
[120] [121] The request was related to new U.S. legislation, the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, that exposed foreign aid recipients to anti-terrorism lawsuits. USAID restarted assistance to Palestinians in April 2021 under President Biden. [122] The agency increased assistance during the Israel–Hamas war that began in October 2023.
United States foreign aid, also known as US foreign assistance consists of a variety of tangible and intangible forms of assistance the United States gives to other countries. Foreign aid is used to support American national security and commercial interests and can also be distributed for humanitarian reasons . [ 3 ]
The State Department has ordered a freeze on almost all funding for foreign assistance programs, days after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause aid for 90 days. The Friday ...
President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all foreign assistance is fueling chaos and uncertainty in Washington and ...