Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio paused each U.S. overseas assistance funded by oregon done the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to let the Trump medication to reappraisal if the wealth puts "America First."

On Sunday, the State Department released a connection astir falling successful measurement with President Donald Trump’s enforcement bid to reevaluate and realign overseas assistance from the U.S.

"Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order connected Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary [Marco] Rubio has paused each U.S. overseas assistance funded by oregon done the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for review," the connection read. "He is initiating a reappraisal of each overseas assistance programs to guarantee they are businesslike and accordant with U.S. overseas argumentation nether the America First agenda. President Trump stated intelligibly that the United States is nary longer going to blindly dole retired wealth with nary instrumentality for the American people."

The connection continued, saying the reappraisal and alignment of overseas assistance connected behalf of taxpayers is simply a "moral imperative," adding that Rubio is arrogant to support America’s concern "with a deliberate and judicious review" of however the wealth is spent connected aiding overseas countries overseas.

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The beforehand of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) office gathering is seen connected September 15, 2014, successful Washington, DC.

"The implementation of this Executive Order and the Secretary’s absorption furthers that mission," the connection read. "As Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, ‘Every dollar we spend, each programme we fund, and each argumentation we prosecute indispensable beryllium justified with the reply to 3 elemental questions: Does it marque America safer? Does it marque America stronger? Does it marque America much prosperous?’"

The announcement comes aft the Trump medication ordered staffers with USAID to halt providing foreign assistance worldwide oregon look "disciplinary action" for not complying.

Reuters reported that the Trump medication sent a sharply-worded memo to much than 10,000 unit members astatine USAID connected Saturday, offering a "stop-work" directive from Friday that enactment a frost connected U.S. overseas assistance astir the world.

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President Donald Trump wants each foriegn assistance to enactment  "America First." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The ligament work reviewed the memo and said it laid retired expectations for the workforce connected however to execute Trump’s goals to enactment "America First."

"We person a work to enactment the President successful achieving his vision," Ken Jackson, adjunct to the head for absorption and resources wrote successful the interior memo, titled "Message and Expectation to the Workforce."

"The President has fixed america a tremendous accidental to alteration the mode we attack overseas assistance for decades to come," the memo added. Reuters reported that it confirmed the authenticity of the memo with respective sources.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio paused each U.S. overseas assistance funded by oregon done the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump ordered a 90-day intermission successful overseas assistance conscionable hours aft taking office, to reappraisal if the backing was successful enactment with his overseas argumentation priorities.

On Friday, the State Department issued a intermission connected assistance worldwide.

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The U.S. is the largest donor of assistance globally. During fiscal twelvemonth 2023, the U.S. dispersed $72 cardinal successful assistance. It besides provided 42% of each humanitarian assistance tracked by the United Nations successful 2024.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to USAID for comment.

Reuters contributed to this report.