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Undated: In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.Aid may serve one or more functions: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Countries may provide aid for further diplomatic reasons. Humanitarian and altruistic purposes are at least partly responsible for the giving of aid.[a]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid

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July 24: 3 Quotes from Donald Trump About Foreign Aid
https://borgenproject.org/quotes-from-donald-trump/

November 8: Where do Trump and Clinton stand on foreign aid?

Foreign aid represents roughly 1 percent of the federal budget. Politicians in both political parties support it, leading to a relatively steady budget year to year. Candidates are rarely asked about it, nor do they bring it up in speeches across the country.
http://www.humanosphere.org/world-politics/2016/11/trump-clinton-stand-foreign-aid/

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February 7: Concerns that the Trump administration will dramatically cut foreign aid and withdraw from global development has many in the aid community on edge. Some fear that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with its $27.2 million annual budget, will be abolished completely, or diminished and folded into the State Department ...
http://rosenstocklegal.com/trump-administration-foreign-aid/

February 28: Why military leaders say Trump’s planned budget cuts are a national security risk
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article135560168.html

April 9: What Trump's foreign aid cuts would mean for global democracy 
http://theconversation.com/what-trumps-foreign-aid-cuts-would-mean-for-global-democracy-75040

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May 20: [In an Ipsos poll] more than a third of respondents overestimated what the U.S. spends on international institutions like the United Nations. Only 15 percent answered correctly that the U.S. contributes about a fifth of the UN's regular budget.
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/20/528802896/npr-ipsos-poll-americans-arent-so-hot-on-america-first

May 31: 'Trump's aid budget is breathtakingly cruel – cuts like these will kill people'

Humanitarian aid is about to be driven over a cliff, warns Obama’s former head of foreign disaster response, with a resurgence in HIV and other diseases likely
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/may/31/trumps-aid-budget-is-breathtakingly-cruel-cuts-like-these-will-kill-people

July 27: What "America First" means for U.S. foreign aid

When President Trump
unveiled his budget proposal in May, one thing was clear: “America First” meant fewer funds for foreign assistance. The president is pushing to reduce foreign aid by up to 37 percent and there are reports that some officials in the administration are seeking to merge USAID with the State Department.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2017/07/27/what-america-first-means-for-us-foreign-aid/

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August 16: The Trump administration is considering taking back more than $3 billion in foreign aid that Congress already approved, in a move that senators from both parties are calling questionably legal and promising to resist.

The Office of Management and Budget instructed the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this month to provide a balance sheet of foreign aid projects that have not yet been funded. Unless Congress intervenes, the money may be returned to the U.S. Treasury at the end of fiscal year on Sept. 30.

A scramble is on to allocate the money before the administration announces the expected change, which would freeze the billions of dollars left.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-is-considering-pulling-back-3-billion-in-foreign-aid/2018/08/16/05adc086-8e36-4265-b887-b481124a64b4_story.html?utm_term=.f7a1abf74c9c

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August 31: The Trump administration has been withholding aid to the United Nations' program for Palestinian refugees. It's expected to make the cuts final in what could be an attempt to undercut Palestinian positions in any future peace deal.
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/31/643798740/trump-administration-is-cutting-aid-to-palestinian-refugees

August 24: The decision is almost certain to exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. More than 2 million Palestinians are packed into the Gaza Strip, which suffers deep economic hardship.

Jordan, which hosts the largest number of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East outside Palestinian territories, warned this month that a severe financial shortfall facing UNRWA could have a “catastrophic” impact on the lives of millions of refugees in the region.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-palestinians/trump-cuts-more-than-200-million-in-u-s-aid-to-palestinians-idUSKCN1L923C

December 22: Why President Trump’s Blunt Threats to Cut Off US Foreign Aid Are Unique and Counterproductive
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/why-president-trumps-blunt-threats-cut-us-foreign-aid-are-unique-and-counterproductive

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January 5: Reality Check: How can a US president cut off foreign aid?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42557818

February 11: Fears grow that Trump’s threat to US foreign aid is putting lives at risk

Former officials warn of further cuts and moves to deny assistance to any states perceived as hostile
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/11/fears-grow-trump-threat-us-foreign-aid-putting-live-at-risk

February 27: Trump slashes U.S. aid to Cambodia after complaints of 'sham' elections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/27/donald-trump-slashes-us-aid-cambodia-after-complai/


March 29: Foreign Aid Was a Big Winner in the Budget Trump Signed Last Week

Essential programs around the world will receive the funding they need.

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For months, it looked like US foreign aid would face massive cuts, imperilling programs that support education in disaster zones, food relief in famines, and maternal health.

But, thanks to bipartisan leadership from US Congresspeople and Senators, those concerns have dissipated — for now.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/foreign-aid-victories-in-trumps-2018-budget/

June 19: Trump says he'll cut off foreign aid to countries that send 'not their best' people
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/trump-cut-foreign-aid-to-countries-sending-not-their-best-people.html

August 17: The White House budget office believes it has found a way to cancel about $3 billion in foreign aid even if it is never approved by Congress, according to a Republican aide familiar with the plan.

Using an obscure budget rule, administration officials are planning to freeze billions of dollars in the State Department’s international assistance budget — just long enough so the funds will expire. The current plan involves about $3 billion, though officials are said to have discussed as much as $5 billion.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/17/white-house-cut-foreign-aid-money-743481

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August 28: Trump backs off plan to roll back foreign aid funding ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-aid/trump-backs-off-plan-to-roll-back-foreign-aid-funding-officials-idUSKCN1LD2E0

September 25: Trump keeps threatening to end foreign aid for disloyal countries. Here’s why it hasn’t happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-keeps-threatening-to-end-foreign-aid-for-disloyal-countries-heres-why-it-hasnt-happened/2018/09/25/3ff4984c-3925-4892-a67f-cbc479dc69fe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.09a68537dbce

October 16: President Trump Embraces Foreign Aid After Trying to Gut It

... cuts were rejected by bipartisan Congressional opposition; appropriations remained at about the same level as during the Obama administration.

Now the Trump administration has created a development assistance entity, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC), with a budget of $60 billion. Unlike OPIC, IDFC will have the ability to make equity investments and to make loans in local currency, reducing investor currency exchange risk. 

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The IDFC will likely be more competitive than OPIC, and it will have a much larger budget. However, in many ways the IDFC is an improvement and rebranding of OPIC, rather than something radically different. In that sense, it is reminiscent of the rebranding with improvements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that resulted in the United States–Mexico–Canada–Agreement (USMCA). What is really new and significant about IDFC is its much larger budget, and that President Trump will preside over its creation.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/president-trump-embraces-foreign-aid-after-trying-gut-it

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