Trump kills plan to cut billions in foreign aid

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Trump kills plan to cut billions in foreign aid

By John Bresnahan, Jennifer Scholtes and Marianne LeVine
 
54 mins ago

President Donald Trump has scrapped a plan to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid in a move that would have been another end run around Congress’ power of the purse, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned President Donald Trump cutting foreign aid would be detrimental to national security and to bipartisan negotiations ahead of a shutdown deadline.

The president’s decision Thursday to forgo a “rescission” comes after another internal tug of war between his budget advisers and Cabinet officials. But the fiscal hawks in Trump’s corner, failing again to sell him on spending restraint, blamed Congress for souring him on the idea. 

“The president has been clear that there is fat in our foreign assistance and we need to be wise about where U.S. money is going,” said a senior administration official. “Which is why he asked the administration to look into options to doing just that. It’s clear that there are those on the Hill who aren’t willing to join in curbing wasteful spending.”

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-kills-plan-to-cut-billions-in-foreign-aid/ar-AAGbDRS?ocid=ientp

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Cut it all, every last dime. Then cut out several unconstitutional departments and unfund all spending not in the federal purview.