Trump Uses ‘Pocket Rescission’ to Cancel $5B in Foreign Aid
30th August 2025
President Donald Trump has notified Congress of his intent to use a rarely invoked power to cancel nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid.
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Initiatives the Trump administration has deemed wasteful include $24.6 million for “climate resilience” in Honduras and $3.9 million to promote democracy among LGBT people in the Western Balkans, the Post reported. There’s also $2.7 million for a South African organization that published inflammatory racial articles including “The Problem with White People.”
Congress loves spending Other People’s Money. Trump has no objection to spending Other People’s Money, either, so long as it is in accord with his program rather than someone else’s. And he is a master at gaming any system, as one has to be, doing real estate in a corrupt Blue State.
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