The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the US Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall US assistance around the world,The Economic Times reports. The cuts detailed by the administration would leave few surviving USAID projects for advocates to try to save in what are ongoing court battles with the administration.
The Trump administration outlined its plans in both an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press and filings in one of those federal lawsuits Wednesday.
Wednesday's disclosures also give an idea of the scale of the administration's retreat from US aid and development assistance overseas, and from decades of US policy that foreign aid helps US interests by stabilizing other countries and economies and and building alliances.
