Emails also suggest President Trump first began asking about $250 million in Pentagon aid after a June 19 article in the Washington Examiner.
Tag: Foreign Aid
Afghanistan Needs Billions in Aid Even After a Peace Deal, World Bank Says
Analysts say that American hopes for a quick deal and then slashed spending could lead to a collapse after 18 years of international aid created an unsustainable economy.
To Make Sense of Lebanon’s Protests, Follow the Garbage
The country’s perpetual refuse crisis is just one example of the government corruption and dysfunction that have brought protesters into the streets.
Sadako Ogata, First Woman to Lead U.N. Refugee Agency, Dies at 92
Appointed to the position in 1991, she oversaw refugee operations at a time of ravaging conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq and other regions.
Pompeo Defends Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
In Athens, the American secretary of state dismissed the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry and the political drama that it has sparked as a “silly gotcha game.”
Ukraine? Impeachment? Trump Can Survive It All, Foreign Analysts Say
The notion of this president demanding political favors from fellow leaders is such familiar behavior it fails to elicit much shock.
Ukraine’s President Says Call With Trump Was ‘Normal’
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, unwillingly entangled in an impeachment inquiry in the United States, said, “I don’t want to be involved in the democratic elections of U.S.A.”
Trump’s Hold on Military Aid Blindsided Top Ukrainian Officials
The withholding of aid is now at the center of questions about whether President Trump manipulated foreign policy to pressure the Ukrainian government to take action damaging to Joseph R. Biden Jr.
U.S. Cuts $100 Million in Aid to Afghanistan, Citing Government Corruption
The funding cut was announced a week before Afghanistan holds national elections, and in the wake of failed peace talks with the Taliban.
Brazil Angrily Rejects Millions in Amazon Aid Pledged at G7, Then Accepts British Aid
President Jair Bolsonaro suggested he would reconsider accepting aid from the Group of 7 if France’s president withdrew “insults made to my person.” Then, Brazil accepted $12 million in British aid.