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(NewsNation) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the United States has chopped 83% of programs astatine the U.S. Agency for International Development and said the thousands of canceled contracts did not service the "core nationalist interests" of the U.S.
Rubio made the announcement successful a societal media station and said the Trump medication has wrapped up a six-week review.
"The 5200 contracts that are present cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars successful ways that did not serve, (and successful immoderate cases adjacent harmed), the halfway nationalist interests of the United States," helium wrote.
Rubio thanked the Department of Government Efficiency and “our hardworking unit who worked precise agelong hours to execute this overdue and historical reform” successful overseas aid.
He said helium would transportation the 18% of programs that survived the purge to the State Department.
The announcement was 1 of fewer nationalist comments from Rubio connected what has been a historical displacement distant from U.S. overseas assistance and development, executed by governmental appointees of President Donald Trump astatine the State Department and Elon Musk's DOGE team.
SCOTUS lifts frost connected immoderate overseas aid
The Trump medication has worked for weeks to dismantle USAID, which oversees overseas assistance and improvement programs.
Thousands of employees person either been enactment connected permission oregon fired, portion the national authorities has besides frozen payments to contractors.
After a national tribunal ruling past week, the authorities indispensable commencement making payments to contractors connected Monday for enactment already done, which is estimated to outgo astir $2 billion.
It's unclear if the cuts volition interaction the Food for Peace program, which buys billions successful nutrient from American farmers to nonstop overseas.
