The Razor gang of federal Government here years ago had nothing compared to The Trumpet and his butcher's Knife as he cuts a swath through government waste.
Indeed.
For a start Trump has decided to stop all US Foreign Aid immediately. The only exceptions are
Israel and Egypt.
Check out this website to get an idea of who will be affected and in particular how US Foreign Policy influence will be undermined.
Good look for US Ambassadors in these countries. It won't be good news for the US companies that are often key elements to the variois aid projects.
US Foreign Aid by Country 2024
Foreign aid is money that is given by the
United States government to governments of other nations. According to the Congressional Research Service,
there are five categories of foreign aid: economic assistance, humanitarian aid, multilateral economic contributions, bilateral development aid, and military aid.
The U.S. provides aid to countries that are recovering from war, developing countries, and countries that are strategically important to the U.S. In 2019 (the most recent year for which comprehensive numbers have been released), the U.S. spent over
$47 billion on foreign aid – about the same as 2018 and $1 billion more than in 2017. More than 35% of that aid went to ten countries.
worldpopulationreview.com
US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt
Internal memo to US state department staff explicitly makes exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt
Guardian staff and agencies in Washington
Sat 25 Jan 2025 10.00 AEDT
The secretary of state,
Marco Rubio, has ordered a halt to virtually all US foreign aid, but made an exception for funding to Israel and Egypt, according to an internal memo to staff at the US state department.
“No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed and approved … as consistent with President Trump’s agenda,” said the memo.
The sweeping order appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid – including potentially to Ukraine, which received billions of dollars in weapons under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden as it tries to repel a Russian invasion.
Internal memo to US state department staff explicitly makes exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt