President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order halting all U.S. foreign assistance for 90 days. This suspension is intended to give his administration time to scrutinize whether these programs align with its policy objectives, although Ukraine claims its military aid is unaffected.
Trump believes the “foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values” and “serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries.”
He insists no foreign aid “shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.”
However, Ukrainian media claims Ukraine is not covered by the suspension, and some foreign aid already appropriated by Congress or required by treaty may be unaffected.
As of mid-December 2023, the Biden-Harris government was discussing around $68 billion to 204 countries.