The US is expected to abolish several dozen embassies and reduce the funds for the UN and NATO
In a new shock to the capital Washington and the International Community Administration of Republican President Donald Trump He is considering halving the Foreign Ministry’s budget (State Department). After reporting Politician And Washington fasting is expected to abolish « more dozens » of embassies and consulates around the world, including in Europe, while heavily shrinking funds for the United Nations Peace Operations, NATO and other international organizations.
This year, $ 54.4 billion is foreseen for US diplomacy, with only $ 28.4 billion expected next year. Newspaper Washington Post It provides a document for the State Department Budget Department, which envisages the abolition of the rest of the USAID Development Agency, the deletion of humanitarian aid and global health, and a reduction in financing of international organizations such as UN and NATO. In the future, the White House is expected to fully support only a few selected organizations, such as the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Republican President Donald Trump. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP
The document reduces the reduction of support to international organizations with the alleged failures of these institutions. The proposed cuts should also be part of the broader efforts of the Trump administration to reduce state spending. Head of State Efficiency Office Elon Musk According to sources, he was tasked with finding chances to reduce costs in ministries and federal agencies. He himself advocates the radical transformation of American foreign policy consumption. Trump’s administration has in the past withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Human Rights (UNHRC), and has ceased to finance the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
« After World War II, the US helped to establish the United Nations to prevent future global conflicts and to promote peace and security, » the White House wrote in early February. « But some UN agencies and bodies have moved away from this mission and even act in contrast to the US interests, attack our allies and stimulate anti -Semitism. »
The US media report that the document also provides mass dismissal – to dismiss ten thousand of the total of 80,000 employees in the foreign ministry and consequently closed numerous embassies and consulates. The US contribution to NATO budget is also expected to be reduced.
State Secretary Marco Rubio. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP
The US diplomatic association has labeled these plans dangerous and warned that empty space could quickly fill countries such as China and Russia. The document also provides for the closure of the conflict stabilization and the abolition of all the State Department Education Programs, including the Fulbright program, which has been able to study in 1946 and has educated more than forty subsequent state leaders.
Trump is currently under pressure from some Republican congressmen who would be willing to support his « great wonderful » budget only in the case of extensive shrinking state spending. The said document was prepared on 10 April in the Budget Department and the planning of the State Department. The Secretary of State must also give its opinion on the proposal Marco Rubio. If he agrees, the document is expected to be sent to the congress this month.
Congress can expect a number of comments – not just by the Democrats. There are already warnings that the proposal will encounter strong opposition, especially regarding the reduction of NATO funds. Trump has already reduced the US contribution to the total NATO budget in his first term. This time, however, he is expected to spend more than two billion dollars with a new program entitled « Fund for Opportunities: First America ».
