WaPo: Trump has tried to cut billions in foreign aid to fight corruption despite calling it priority

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Washington Post: Trump administration has tried to cut billions in foreign aid to fight corruption despite calling it a priority

Washington (CNN) - The Trump administration has tried multiple times to cut billions from foreign aid programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and other countries, despite President Donald Trump's oft-repeated claim that fighting corruption in Ukraine is a top issue for his administration, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The Post, citing White House budget documents, noted that the administration tried to cut a $30 million allocation to Ukraine for a program intended to support the country's anti-corruption bureau to $13 million, an attempt that was rejected by Congress. The paper said that in its 2020 budget request, which was released in March, the White House again suggested allocating $13 million to Ukraine for the program, but that "Congress seems likely to once again reject the proposed cut." The paper notes that lawmakers have yet to agree on a budget for this fiscal year.

The White House also "sought to streamline a number of overseas democracy assistance and foreign aid accounts under one larger umbrella," hoping that by doing so, they would save more than $2 billion, according to the Post. The fund is also aimed at combating corruption in foreign countries, and in 2018, spending for Ukraine from the fund was $250 million. The "White House has asked for $145 million in 2020 under the new iteration of the program," the Post said.

The attempts to cut the funding are at odds with the arguments the administration and the President have given for why Trump withheld hundreds of millions in military aid to Ukraine.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/trump-administration-cutting-anti-corruption-ukraine/index.html

[dweller]

1. yeh but

they were only "attempts" so he is not guilty of wrongdoing ..

oh sorry wrong emoji

oops wrong again


got it
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[brewens]

2. A lot of what we spend overseas is really money we pay to ourselves, or rather it goes to the

right corporations. While that anti-corruption money does a lot of good, none of our big players cash in on it. It also shits in a few mess kits. I wonder what a comparison of all that would look like? I bet they don't cut funding that buys weapons much.