Biden gives billions to the World Bank for the 'world's poorest countries' before Trump's term begins

President Joe Biden is attempting to springiness the World Bank billions of dollars earlier Donald Trump takes implicit and wields a machete to planetary improvement funds done his America First agenda.

Biden pledged $4 cardinal toward the World Bank's International Development Association for the 'world's poorest countries' during a closed doorway gathering astatine the G20 successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, according to Reuters. 

More broadly, Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer told reporters Monday greeting that Biden volition 'highlight his backing petition to unlock $36 cardinal successful caller lending astatine the World Bank' during his clip astatine the summit. 

The president is committing wealth wherever his rima is up of Trump's January 20th takeover - backing areas similar planetary improvement and the prevention of climate change.

On this six-day travel to South America, Biden besides committed $50 cardinal to the Amazon Fund, the astir important planetary practice to sphere the Amazon rainforest. 

He made the announcement during his Sunday travel to Manaus, wherever helium conducted an aerial circuit of the Amazon and past walked the paths of the Museu da Amazônia with his girl Ashley and granddaughter Natalie. 

The president besides taunted Trump during his little remarks, suggesting that 'nobody tin reverse' the Democrat's greenish legacy. 

'It's nary concealed that I'm leaving bureau successful January,' Biden said successful a little connection to the press, speechmaking from teleprompters acceptable up successful the jungle setting. 'I volition permission my successor and my state a beardown instauration to physique connected if they take to bash so.' 

Biden said that portion immoderate question to 'deny oregon delay' the cleanable vigor gyration 'nobody, cipher tin reverse it.'

'Not erstwhile truthful galore people, careless of enactment oregon politics, are enjoying its benefits. Not erstwhile countries astir the satellite are harnessing the cleanable vigor gyration to propulsion up themselves,' the 81-year-old Democrat said. 

'The question present is, which authorities volition basal successful the mode and which volition prehend the tremendous economical opportunity,' Biden added. 

The predetermination of Trump has led to a chilling effect implicit each the national agencies - and places similar the World Bank, where The New York Post reported that employees are terrified of heavy cuts. 

 'They person been moving astir similar headless chickens since Trump won,' 1 imperishable World Bank staffer told The Post. 'It has sparked fearfulness ... They volition beryllium desperately trying to amusement they are redeeming money.' 

Trump announced past week that his billionaire sidekick Elon Musk, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile 2024 Republican statesmanlike campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy, would co-lead DOGE - the 'Department of Government Efficiency.' 

Labeling it the 'Manhattan Project of our time,' Musk and Ramaswamy are expected to urge each sorts of heavy cuts to the national bureaucracy.